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Enrollment
743
Middle
DISTRICT 805 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RIVERSIDE UNIFIED·NCES 063315005006
Amelia Earhart Middle
20202 Aptos St., Riverside, CA 92508 · (951) 697-5700 · Riverside County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL743 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 83% of California public middle schools
- B+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.
- AThree-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
23.2:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.5:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
417 students
DISTRICT 76% · 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 7 | 360 | 48% |
| Grade 8 | 383 | 52% |
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
60.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +5.1pp since 2014
Math
50.4%
CA avg 37.7% . +11.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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 5 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 11 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 28.4% | 31.7% | 20.9% | 18.9% |
| Math | 26.3% | 24.1% | 21.9% | 27.7% |
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 | 60.1% | 50.4% |
| 2023-24 | 55.6% | 42.3% |
| 2022-23 | 55.8% | 43.6% |
| 2021-22 | 58.5% | 38.1% |
| 2018-19 | 66.2% | 49.5% |
| 2017-18 | 63.2% | 48.1% |
| 2016-17 | 63.4% | 52.1% |
| 2015-16 | 65.0% | 49.0% |
| 2014-15 | 55.0% | 39.0% |
% 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
52.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Amelia Earhart Middle
Amelia Earhart Middle's state test result (52.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amelia Earhart Middle this school | 743 | 56.1% | 52.1% |
| Margarita Middle Temecula | 731 | 54.7% | 40.1% |
| Frank Augustus Miller Middle Riverside | 844 | 56.9% | 55.4% |
| Warm Springs Middle Murrieta | 755 | 62.9% | 48.6% |
| Roosevelt International Middle San Diego | 760 | 61.1% | 39.5% |
| Daniel J. Savage Middle Modesto | 906 | 52.6% | 42.6% |
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 Amelia Earhart Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Riverside County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.1% | #321 of 1,224 | #11 of 78 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.4% | #265 of 1,227 ▲ 87 | #5 of 78 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.1% | #329 of 1,227 ▲ 27 | #12 of 78 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.0pp | #183 of 1,214 | #6 of 77 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 743 | #519 of 1,377 | #60 of 79 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.2:1 | #998 of 1,279 | #49 of 78 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.4% | #276 of 1,278 | #18 of 77 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.1% | #877 of 1,329 | #70 of 78 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.9% | #375 of 930 | #19 of 61 |
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
743
-165 (-18%) vs 2020
-43% since 2000-01, when it was 1,303
Student : Teacher
23.2:1
was 23.3:1
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 | 743 | 32 | 23.2:1 | 56% (417) |
| 2023-24 | 772 | 33.6 | 23.0:1 | 26% (204) |
| 2022-23 | 798 | 30.9 | 25.8:1 | 51% (403) |
| 2020-21 | 908 | 39 | 23.3:1 | 48% (437) |
| 2017-18 | 916 | 38.2 | 24.0:1 | 35% (322) |
| 2015-16 | 988 | 38 | 26.0:1 | 34% (340) |
| 2010-11 | 1,067 | N/A | N/A | 25% (262) |
| 2000-01 | 1,303 | 53 | 24.6:1 | 13% (164) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Amelia Earhart Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (916 to 743); teachers down 16% (38.2 to 32).
About Amelia Earhart Middle
Amelia Earhart Middle is a medium-sized middle school. Its address is in Riverside, California. The school counts 743 students across grades 7 through 8.
Riverside Unified has a total of 48 schools and 38,002 students, Amelia Earhart Middle among them.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at Amelia Earhart Middle is Hispanic (50%). Other groups make up 29% White, 9% Asian, 6% Black, and 6% multiracial. County-wide, about 51% of residents are Hispanic. Amelia Earhart Middle has a diversity index of 65%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Amelia Earhart Middle's 32 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 23.2:1. That ratio is over the 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 56%. Among public schools in Riverside County, the average eligibility rate is 74%.
Measured against California public middle schools, Amelia Earhart Middle receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Amelia Earhart Middle's average proficiency rate on state tests of 52.1% is 5.5 points above the 46.6% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Across Riverside County, median household income is about $93,074, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 26%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Amelia Earhart Middle is among the 543 public schools in Riverside County.
Tomas Rivera Elementary is the public school closest to Amelia Earhart Middle, about 0.2 miles away. Amelia Earhart Middle has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Amelia Earhart Middle's average proficiency of 52.1% compares with 50.0% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Amelia Earhart Middle saw enrollment fall 18% between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Riverside County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,478,600
Census ACS
Median income
$93,074
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
543
424,872 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Riverside Unified
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- Arlington HighHigh · 1,920 students
- Mark Twain ElementaryElementary · 1,033 students
Other schools in Riverside
- Martin Luther King Jr. HighHigh · 2,699 students
- Polytechnic HighHigh · 2,484 students
- Ramona HighHigh · 2,142 students
- John W. North HighHigh · 2,011 students
- Arlington HighHigh · 1,920 students
- Norte Vista HighHigh · 1,804 students
Nearby schools
- Tomas Rivera Elementary0.2 mi · 699
- Benjamin Franklin Elementary0.7 mi · 767
- Mark Twain Elementary1.1 mi · 1,033
- John F. Kennedy Elementary1.3 mi · 864
- Martin Luther King Jr. High1.4 mi · 2,699
- Mead Valley Elementary2.3 mi · 788
Frequently asked questions
About Amelia Earhart MiddleHow large is Amelia Earhart Middle?
Amelia Earhart Middle enrolls approximately 743 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Amelia Earhart Middle serve?
Amelia Earhart Middle serves grades 07-08.
How many teachers does Amelia Earhart Middle have?
Amelia Earhart Middle employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Amelia Earhart Middle?
Student demographics at Amelia Earhart Middle are roughly 29% White, 50% Hispanic, 6% Black, 9% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Amelia Earhart Middle in?
Amelia Earhart Middle is part of Riverside Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.