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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Anthony W. Ochoa Middle administration to hear?
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Enrollment
405
Middle
DISTRICT 515 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAYWARD UNIFIED·NCES 061674009847
Anthony W. Ochoa Middle
2121 Depot Rd., Hayward, CA 94545 · (510) 723-3130 · Alameda County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL405 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 30% of California public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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
19.8:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.2:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
308 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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 | 197 | 49% |
| Grade 8 | 208 | 51% |
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
33.3%
CA avg 49.1% . -5.7pp since 2014
Math
26.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +1.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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 6 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 7.7% | 25.7% | 24.9% | 41.8% |
| Math | 13.4% | 12.6% | 24.7% | 49.2% |
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 | 33.3% | 26.1% |
| 2023-24 | 30.8% | 24.9% |
| 2022-23 | 37.6% | 22.7% |
| 2021-22 | 36.7% | 22.5% |
| 2018-19 | 39.4% | 33.7% |
| 2017-18 | 43.8% | 36.8% |
| 2016-17 | 41.6% | 35.4% |
| 2015-16 | 44.0% | 30.0% |
| 2014-15 | 39.0% | 25.0% |
% 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
28.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Anthony W. Ochoa Middle
Anthony W. Ochoa Middle's state test result (28.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony W. Ochoa Middle this school | 405 | 76.0% | 28.7% |
| Visitacion Valley Middle San Francisco | 333 | 80.8% | 15.3% |
| Los Arboles Middle Marina | 408 | 75.5% | 26.7% |
| Santa Fe Computer Science Magnet Monrovia | 424 | 80.2% | 37.3% |
| Sylvandale Middle San Jose | 330 | 74.5% | 26.2% |
| August Boeger Middle San Jose | 397 | 81.9% | 27.0% |
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 Anthony W. Ochoa Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Alameda County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.7% | #775 of 1,224 | #32 of 46 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.1% | #694 of 1,227 ▼ 33 | #30 of 46 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.3% | #904 of 1,227 ▼ 1 | #35 of 46 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.1pp | #834 of 1,214 | #28 of 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 405 | #1,078 of 1,377 | #41 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.8:1 | #443 of 1,279 | #19 of 49 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.9% | #482 of 1,278 | #30 of 49 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.0% | #623 of 1,329 | #18 of 50 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.1% | #134 of 930 | #4 of 29 |
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
405
-115 (-22%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 433
Student : Teacher
19.8:1
was 23.6:1
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 | 405 | 20.4 | 19.8:1 | 76% (308) |
| 2023-24 | 375 | 20.5 | 18.3:1 | 84% (316) |
| 2022-23 | 407 | 24 | 17.0:1 | 77% (314) |
| 2020-21 | 520 | 22 | 23.6:1 | 58% (301) |
| 2017-18 | 571 | 25.9 | 22.0:1 | 69% (394) |
| 2015-16 | 636 | 25 | 25.4:1 | 74% (469) |
| 2010-11 | 668 | N/A | N/A | 58% (386) |
| 2000-01 | 641 | 27 | 23.7:1 | 39% (248) |
| 1990-91 | 433 | 19 | 22.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Anthony W. Ochoa Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (571 to 405); teachers down 21% (25.9 to 20.4).
About Anthony W. Ochoa Middle
Anthony W. Ochoa Middle is a middle school located in Hayward, California, in Alameda County. The grade span is 7 through 8, and enrollment is 405 students. Average enrollment for middle schools in California is about 659, so this school runs 39% smaller than that.
Anthony W. Ochoa Middle is in Hayward Unified, a district with 17,273 students across 28 schools.
By race and ethnicity, Anthony W. Ochoa Middle is 60% Hispanic. Other reported shares: 22% Asian, 6% multiracial, 5% Black, and 4% Pacific Islander. That compares with about 23% Hispanic among all Alameda County residents. By the diversity index, Anthony W. Ochoa Middle comes in at 58%.
Dividing enrollment by its 20.4 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 19.8:1. The average ratio among middle schools in California is 20.7:1, higher than at this school. Anthony W. Ochoa Middle reports 76% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. For comparison, public schools in Alameda County average 49%.
allk12 grades Anthony W. Ochoa Middle a C. The grade compares the school only with California public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Compared with California schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Anthony W. Ochoa Middle's results are 6.2 points below predicted: 28.7% against 35.0%.
Census estimates describe Alameda County this way: median household income is about $129,367, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 52%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Alameda County number 394 and enroll about 210,511.
The school nearest to Anthony W. Ochoa Middle is Eden Gardens Elementary, at a distance of about 0.2 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Anthony W. Ochoa Middle ranks 5th in a group of 8 nearby schools.
Anthony W. Ochoa Middle has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 22%, from 520 to 405. The school's ratio fell from 23.6:1 to 19.8:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Posts about school safety, transportation, and start times are welcome on this page. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Alameda County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,649,473
Census ACS
Median income
$129,367
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
52%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
394
210,511 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hayward Unified
- Mt. Eden HighHigh · 1,865 students
- Hayward HighHigh · 1,580 students
- Tennyson HighHigh · 1,511 students
- Cherryland ElementaryElementary · 855 students
- Burbank ElementaryElementary · 800 students
- Harder ElementaryElementary · 671 students
Other schools in Hayward
- Mt. Eden HighHigh · 1,865 students
- Hayward HighHigh · 1,580 students
- Tennyson HighHigh · 1,511 students
- Cherryland ElementaryElementary · 855 students
- Burbank ElementaryElementary · 800 students
- Impact Academy of Arts & TechnologyHigh · 716 students
Nearby schools
- Eden Gardens Elementary0.2 mi · 477
- Impact Academy of Arts & Technology0.8 mi · 716
- Southgate Elementary0.8 mi · 581
- Martin Luther King Jr. Middle1.1 mi · 669
- Lorin A. Eden Elementary1.2 mi · 386
- Longwood Elementary1.2 mi · 517
Frequently asked questions
About Anthony W. Ochoa MiddleHow many students attend Anthony W. Ochoa Middle?
Anthony W. Ochoa Middle enrolls approximately 405 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Anthony W. Ochoa Middle serve?
Anthony W. Ochoa Middle serves grades 07-08.
How many teachers does Anthony W. Ochoa Middle have?
Anthony W. Ochoa Middle employs 20 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Anthony W. Ochoa Middle?
Student demographics at Anthony W. Ochoa Middle are roughly 3% White, 60% Hispanic, 5% Black, 22% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Anthony W. Ochoa Middle?
Anthony W. Ochoa Middle is overseen by Hayward Unified in Alameda County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.