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Enrollment
652
Middle
DISTRICT 574 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED·NCES 063753006339
Alta Loma Middle
116 Romney Ave., South San Francisco, CA 94080 · (650) 877-8797 · San Mateo County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL652 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 31% of California public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
16.9:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
241 students
DISTRICT 43% · 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 | 211 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 210 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 231 | 35% |
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
49.8%
CA avg 49.1% . -4.2pp since 2014
Math
35.0%
CA avg 37.7% . -8.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 4 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 20.4% | 29.3% | 23.6% | 26.6% |
| Math | 21.7% | 13.3% | 23.3% | 41.8% |
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 | 49.8% | 35.0% |
| 2023-24 | 48.6% | 33.4% |
| 2022-23 | 42.7% | 31.6% |
| 2021-22 | 51.1% | 34.7% |
| 2020-21 | 42.1% | 32.0% |
| 2018-19 | 47.4% | 41.0% |
| 2017-18 | 51.3% | 40.3% |
| 2016-17 | 56.4% | 45.3% |
| 2015-16 | 54.0% | 45.0% |
| 2014-15 | 54.0% | 43.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
41.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 58% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Alta Loma Middle
Alta Loma Middle's state test result (41.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alta Loma Middle this school | 652 | 37.0% | 41.8% |
| Dolores Huerta Middle San Jose | 571 | 37.0% | 39.5% |
| Casimir Middle Torrance | 617 | 44.1% | 59.9% |
| Thomas R. Pollicita Middle Daly City | 558 | 46.2% | 35.9% |
| Herman (Leonard) Intermediate San Jose | 723 | 31.1% | 69.0% |
| Bernal Intermediate San Jose | 675 | 41.9% | 50.4% |
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 Alta Loma Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Mateo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.8% | #477 of 1,224 | #17 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #497 of 1,227 ▼ 14 | #17 of 26 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.8% | #496 of 1,227 ▼ 24 | #17 of 26 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.6pp | #327 of 1,214 | #12 of 26 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 652 | #674 of 1,377 | #9 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.9:1 | #98 of 1,279 | #9 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.8% | #293 of 1,278 | #10 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.0% | #1,079 of 1,329 | #10 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.0% | #763 of 930 | #19 of 20 |
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
652
-20 (-3%) vs 2020
+31% since 1990-91, when it was 499
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
was 20.4:1
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 | 652 | 38.7 | 16.9:1 | 37% (241) |
| 2023-24 | 649 | 36 | 18.0:1 | 36% (231) |
| 2022-23 | 628 | 34.4 | 18.3:1 | 34% (214) |
| 2020-21 | 672 | 33 | 20.4:1 | 32% (214) |
| 2017-18 | 701 | 33.2 | 21.1:1 | 34% (235) |
| 2015-16 | 702 | 32 | 21.9:1 | 34% (240) |
| 2010-11 | 749 | N/A | N/A | 37% (275) |
| 2000-01 | 691 | 28 | 24.7:1 | 22% (152) |
| 1990-91 | 499 | 22 | 22.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Alta Loma Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (701 to 652); teachers up 16% (33.2 to 38.7).
About Alta Loma Middle
The public middle school Alta Loma Middle is located in South San Francisco, California. The school offers grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 652 students.
South San Francisco Unified has a total of 15 schools and 7,644 students, Alta Loma Middle among them.
About 43% of students at Alta Loma Middle are Hispanic, the largest single group. The rest of enrollment is 39% Asian, 7% White, and 7% multiracial. Among all residents of San Mateo County, the Hispanic share is about 25%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 65%.
There are about 16.9 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Alta Loma Middle, which has 38.7. Middle schools in California have an average ratio of 20.7:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 37%. That is in line with the 34% average for public schools in San Mateo County.
Among California public middle schools, Alta Loma Middle outscored 31%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
Alta Loma Middle posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 41.8%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in California are predicted to post 57.9%, so the school is 16.1 points behind and in the state's bottom 10%.
In San Mateo County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $158,855 a year, 54% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Counting Alta Loma Middle, San Mateo County has 176 public schools.
Among nearby public schools, Buri Buri Elementary is closest at about 0.4 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Alta Loma Middle. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Alta Loma Middle ranks 6th on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Small. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The school shrank from 672 students in 2020-21 to 652 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 20.4:1 in 2020-21 to 16.9:1 in 2024-25.
The Alta Loma Middle discussion page is a place for special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
San Mateo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
742,340
Census ACS
Median income
$158,855
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
54%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
176
82,403 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in South San Francisco Unified
- South San Francisco HighHigh · 1,239 students
- El Camino HighHigh · 1,053 students
- Buri Buri ElementaryElementary · 584 students
- Parkway Heights MiddleMiddle · 573 students
- Monte Verde ElementaryElementary · 517 students
- Westborough MiddleMiddle · 498 students
Other schools in South San Francisco
- South San Francisco HighHigh · 1,239 students
- El Camino HighHigh · 1,053 students
- Buri Buri ElementaryElementary · 584 students
- Parkway Heights MiddleMiddle · 573 students
- Westborough MiddleMiddle · 498 students
- Spruce ElementaryElementary · 384 students
Nearby schools
- Buri Buri Elementary0.4 mi · 584
- El Camino High0.5 mi · 1,053
- Sunshine Gardens Elementary0.8 mi · 329
- Junipero Serra Elementary1.1 mi · 286
- Skyline Elementary1.1 mi · 366
- Baden High (Continuation)1.1 mi · 130
Frequently asked questions
About Alta Loma MiddleHow many students attend Alta Loma Middle?
Alta Loma Middle enrolls approximately 652 students in grades 06-08.
Is Alta Loma Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Alta Loma Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Alta Loma Middle have?
Alta Loma Middle employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Alta Loma Middle?
Student demographics at Alta Loma Middle are roughly 7% White, 43% Hispanic, 1% Black, 39% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Alta Loma Middle public or private?
Alta Loma Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by South San Francisco Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.