Enrollment
331
Middle
DISTRICT 255 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WILLITS UNIFIED·NCES 064256006966
Baechtel Grove Middle
1150 Magnolia St., Willits, CA 95490 · (707) 459-2417 · Mendocino County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL331 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 1% of California public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
19.4:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
200 students
DISTRICT 65% · 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 6 | 79 | 24% |
| Grade 7 | 151 | 46% |
| Grade 8 | 100 | 30% |
| Grade 9 | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Willits Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
19.0%
CA avg 49.1% . -6.0pp since 2014
Math
7.2%
CA avg 37.7% . -8.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 7 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 down about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 2.6% | 16.4% | 26.9% | 54.1% |
| Math | 2.3% | 4.9% | 27.6% | 65.1% |
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 | 19.0% | 7.2% |
| 2023-24 | 12.6% | 7.8% |
| 2022-23 | 17.1% | 4.9% |
| 2021-22 | 18.2% | 8.1% |
| 2020-21 | 15.9% | 5.2% |
| 2018-19 | 27.3% | 17.6% |
| 2017-18 | 23.0% | 17.1% |
| 2016-17 | 25.8% | 17.8% |
| 2015-16 | 34.0% | 20.0% |
| 2014-15 | 25.0% | 16.0% |
% 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
11.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-32.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 12% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 44% 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 Baechtel Grove Middle
Baechtel Grove Middle's state test result (11.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baechtel Grove Middle this school | 331 | 60.4% | 11.7% |
| Home Street Middle Bishop | 414 | 64.0% | 41.0% |
| Catherine L. Zane Middle Eureka | 417 | 63.1% | 30.2% |
| Nordhoff Jr. High Ojai | 271 | 53.1% | 28.7% |
| Waterloo Elementary Stockton | 339 | 65.2% | 37.8% |
| Denair Middle Denair | 298 | 68.5% | 24.3% |
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 Baechtel Grove Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Mendocino County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 11.7% | #1,192 of 1,224 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 7.2% | #1,191 of 1,227 ▼ 27 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.0% | #1,179 of 1,227 ▲ 31 | N/A |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.0pp | #848 of 1,214 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 331 | #1,164 of 1,377 | #4 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.4:1 | #367 of 1,279 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.4% | #185 of 1,278 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.4% | #828 of 1,329 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.2% | #103 of 257 | N/A |
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.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
331
+28 (+9%) vs 2017
-40% since 1990-91, when it was 555
% White
39%
was 45%
% Hispanic
35%
was 40%
% Black
0%
was 0%
% Asian
0%
was 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 | 331 | 17.1 | 19.4:1 | 60% (200) |
| 2023-24 | 338 | 17.6 | 19.2:1 | 62% (210) |
| 2022-23 | 270 | 12.3 | 22.0:1 | 59% (159) |
| 2017-18 | 303 | N/A | N/A | 75% (227) |
| 2015-16 | 345 | 17 | 20.3:1 | 74% (255) |
| 2010-11 | 359 | N/A | N/A | 74% (267) |
| 2000-01 | 542 | 31 | 17.5:1 | 54% (291) |
| 1990-91 | 555 | 27 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Baechtel Grove Middle.
About Baechtel Grove Middle
Baechtel Grove Middle is a middle school with a street address in Willits, California. A total of 331 students attend the school, which covers grades 6 through 8. The average for middle schools in California is about 659 students, so this school is 50% smaller than average.
Willits Unified runs 6 schools with a combined 1,529 students. Baechtel Grove Middle is one of them.
White students are the largest group at Baechtel Grove Middle, with 39% of enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 35% Hispanic, 20% multiracial, and 5% Native American. The White share of the county population is higher, at 64%. By the diversity index, Baechtel Grove Middle comes in at 68%.
Baechtel Grove Middle counts 17.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 19.4 students for each one. Among middle schools in California, the typical ratio is 20.7:1. About 60% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 75% average for public schools in Mendocino County, the school's rate is lower.
Baechtel Grove Middle is graded F by allk12, scoring above 1% of California public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Baechtel Grove Middle would score about 44.1%. It scores 11.7%, a bottom-10% result among California schools on BeatsExpectations.
Federal survey data for Mendocino County show that median household income is about $68,092, about 25% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. A total of 66 public schools operate in Mendocino County, serving about 12,738 students.
The nearest public school is Blosser Lane Elementary, at about 0.3 miles. There are 6 other public schools within five miles. Among the 4 closest schools with test data, this one included, Baechtel Grove Middle ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Baechtel Grove Middle is coded as Town: Remote in federal locale data.
Federal counts put enrollment at 303 in 2017-18 and 331 in 2024-25, a 9% gain. The student mix also changed: the White share decreased from 45% to 39%.
Discussions about Baechtel Grove Middle may include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Mendocino County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
90,244
Census ACS
Median income
$68,092
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
66
12,738 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Willits Unified
- Willits HighHigh · 397 students
- Brookside ElementaryElementary · 350 students
- Blosser Lane ElementaryElementary · 335 students
- SherwoodElementary · 59 students
- Sanhedrin AlternativeHigh · 57 students
Other schools in Willits
- Willits HighHigh · 397 students
- Brookside ElementaryElementary · 350 students
- Blosser Lane ElementaryElementary · 335 students
- Willits Elementary CharterElementary · 140 students
- Willits CharterHigh · 123 students
- La Vida CharterCombined · 60 students
Nearby schools
- Blosser Lane Elementary0.3 mi · 335
- Willits Charter0.4 mi · 123
- Willits Elementary Charter0.9 mi · 140
- Brookside Elementary0.9 mi · 350
- Sanhedrin Alternative0.9 mi · 57
- Willits High1.2 mi · 397
Frequently asked questions
About Baechtel Grove MiddleHow large is Baechtel Grove Middle?
Baechtel Grove Middle enrolls approximately 331 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Baechtel Grove Middle serve?
Baechtel Grove Middle serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Baechtel Grove Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Baechtel Grove Middle is approximately 19.4:1 (17 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Baechtel Grove Middle?
At Baechtel Grove Middle, the student body is approximately 39% White, 35% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 20% Two or more.
Is Baechtel Grove Middle public or private?
Baechtel Grove Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Willits Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.