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Enrollment
760
Middle
DISTRICT 742 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAS VIRGENES UNIFIED·NCES 062100011298
Alice C. Stelle Middle
22450 Mulholland Hwy., Calabasas, CA 91302 · (818) 224-4107 · Los Angeles County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL760 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 71% 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.
- CBeats 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
24.5:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.3:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
173 students
DISTRICT 24% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 6 | 224 | 29% |
| Grade 7 | 251 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 285 | 38% |
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
62.7%
CA avg 49.1% . -7.3pp since 2014
Math
56.9%
CA avg 37.7% . -0.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 7 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 24.1% | 38.6% | 21.4% | 15.9% |
| Math | 33.2% | 23.7% | 23.0% | 20.1% |
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 | 62.7% | 56.9% |
| 2023-24 | 62.4% | 54.9% |
| 2022-23 | 59.7% | 44.4% |
| 2021-22 | 58.5% | 40.4% |
| 2020-21 | 68.8% | 40.6% |
| 2018-19 | 71.9% | 54.5% |
| 2017-18 | 72.0% | 55.9% |
| 2016-17 | 72.6% | 59.1% |
| 2015-16 | 69.0% | 55.0% |
| 2014-15 | 70.0% | 57.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
59.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 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 Alice C. Stelle Middle
Alice C. Stelle Middle's state test result (59.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alice C. Stelle Middle this school | 760 | 22.8% | 59.0% |
| Lindero Canyon Middle Agoura | 795 | 28.8% | 61.8% |
| Diegueno Middle Encinitas | 737 | 16.0% | 69.4% |
| Oak Crest Middle Encinitas | 758 | 22.4% | 64.4% |
| Arthur E. Wright Middle Calabasas | 670 | 29.1% | 72.9% |
| Thurston Middle Laguna Beach | 524 | 17.7% | 72.8% |
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 Alice C. Stelle Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #235 of 1,224 | #50 of 248 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.9% | #212 of 1,227 ▼ 13 | #41 of 248 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.7% | #292 of 1,227 ▼ 34 | #62 of 248 ▼ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.3pp | #67 of 1,214 | #27 of 247 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 760 | #488 of 1,377 | #114 of 317 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.5:1 | #1,137 of 1,279 | #251 of 301 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.0% | #719 of 1,278 | #117 of 301 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.8% | #1,197 of 1,329 | #296 of 312 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.1% | #717 of 930 | #172 of 213 |
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
760
-67 (-8%) vs 2020
-14% since 2010-11, when it was 887
Student : Teacher
24.5:1
was 25.1:1
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 | 760 | 31 | 24.5:1 | 23% (173) |
| 2023-24 | 760 | 32 | 23.7:1 | 19% (143) |
| 2022-23 | 760 | 32.8 | 23.2:1 | 17% (128) |
| 2020-21 | 827 | 33 | 25.1:1 | 9% (75) |
| 2017-18 | 827 | 34.6 | 23.9:1 | 12% (102) |
| 2015-16 | 790 | 31 | 25.5:1 | 7% (56) |
| 2010-11 | 887 | N/A | N/A | 3% (30) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Alice C. Stelle Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (827 to 760); teachers down 10% (34.6 to 31).
About Alice C. Stelle Middle
Alice C. Stelle Middle is a mid-sized middle-grades school that serves part of Calabasas, California. The school enrolls 760 students in grades 6 through 8.
Alice C. Stelle Middle is part of Las Virgenes Unified, where 15 schools serve 9,754 students.
White students are 71% of those enrolled at Alice C. Stelle Middle. Next come 12% multiracial, 11% Hispanic, and 4% Asian. That compares with about 31% White among all Los Angeles County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 47%.
Alice C. Stelle Middle reported 31 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 24.5:1. Middle schools in California have an average ratio of 20.7:1. Roughly 23% of students at Alice C. Stelle Middle can receive free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 70% average among public schools in Los Angeles County.
Among California public middle schools, Alice C. Stelle Middle outscored 71%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
Test results at Alice C. Stelle Middle are 7.2 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (59.0% actual, 66.2% predicted).
For Los Angeles County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $90,112 a year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Counting Alice C. Stelle Middle, Los Angeles County has 2,244 public schools.
Chaparral Elementary sits about 0.4 miles from Alice C. Stelle Middle. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Alice C. Stelle Middle places 5th of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's student count decreased 8% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
Anyone can start a thread about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at Alice C. Stelle Middle. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Los Angeles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,808,667
Census ACS
Median income
$90,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2,244
1,265,907 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Las Virgenes Unified
- Agoura HighHigh · 1,709 students
- Calabasas HighHigh · 1,707 students
- Lindero Canyon MiddleMiddle · 795 students
- Arthur E. Wright MiddleMiddle · 670 students
- Chaparral ElementaryElementary · 614 students
- Round Meadow ElementaryElementary · 513 students
Other schools in Calabasas
- Calabasas HighHigh · 1,707 students
- Arthur E. Wright MiddleMiddle · 670 students
- Chaparral ElementaryElementary · 614 students
- Round Meadow ElementaryElementary · 513 students
- Bay Laurel ElementaryElementary · 480 students
- Lupin Hill ElementaryElementary · 464 students
Nearby schools
- Chaparral Elementary0.4 mi · 614
- Calabasas High0.9 mi · 1,707
- Woodland Hills Elementary Charter for Enriched Studies1.2 mi · 621
- Calabash Charter Academy1.4 mi · 409
- Serrania Avenue Charter for Enriched Studies1.9 mi · 525
- Bay Laurel Elementary2.2 mi · 480
Frequently asked questions
About Alice C. Stelle MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Alice C. Stelle Middle?
Alice C. Stelle Middle enrolls approximately 760 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Alice C. Stelle Middle serve?
Alice C. Stelle Middle serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Alice C. Stelle Middle have?
Alice C. Stelle Middle employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Alice C. Stelle Middle?
At Alice C. Stelle Middle, the student body is approximately 71% White, 11% Hispanic, 2% Black, 4% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Is Alice C. Stelle Middle public or private?
Alice C. Stelle Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Las Virgenes Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.