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Which teacher or staff member at Barbara Worth Junior High deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
881
Middle
DISTRICT 663 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BRAWLEY ELEMENTARY·NCES 060579000520
Barbara Worth Junior High
385 D St., Brawley, CA 92227 · (760) 344-2153 · Imperial County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL881 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 45% of California public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+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
21.5:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.3:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
763 students
DISTRICT 85% · 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 | 24% |
| Grade 7 | 236 | 27% |
| Grade 8 | 434 | 49% |
Student demographics
8%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 9% · 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
40.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +9.3pp since 2014
Math
18.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +2.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 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 9 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 11.1% | 29.1% | 24.1% | 35.6% |
| Math | 5.6% | 12.9% | 25.0% | 56.6% |
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 | 40.3% | 18.5% |
| 2023-24 | 36.3% | 14.6% |
| 2022-23 | 39.0% | 14.5% |
| 2021-22 | 36.8% | 14.6% |
| 2018-19 | 46.8% | 24.0% |
| 2017-18 | 42.7% | 19.8% |
| 2016-17 | 39.2% | 14.8% |
| 2015-16 | 41.0% | 13.0% |
| 2014-15 | 31.0% | 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
27.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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 Barbara Worth Junior High
Barbara Worth Junior High's state test result (27.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barbara Worth Junior High this school | 881 | 86.6% | 27.9% |
| Kunst (Tommie) Junior High Santa Maria | 912 | 87.5% | 25.8% |
| Olive Vista Middle Sylmar | 897 | 88.7% | 31.4% |
| Thomas Jefferson Middle Madera | 948 | 87.7% | 24.3% |
| Harry S. Truman Middle Fontana | 883 | 89.2% | 24.8% |
| Los Banos Junior High Los Banos | 938 | 84.3% | 25.2% |
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 Barbara Worth Junior High ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Imperial County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.9% | #802 of 1,224 | #8 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.5% | #909 of 1,227 ▲ 66 | #9 of 11 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.3% | #712 of 1,227 ▲ 35 | #8 of 11 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.7pp | #416 of 1,214 | #6 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 881 | #325 of 1,377 | #2 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.5:1 | #717 of 1,279 | #7 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 8.1% | #1,190 of 1,278 | #5 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.6% | #388 of 1,329 | #5 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.2% | #855 of 930 | #5 of 7 |
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
881
-24 (-3%) vs 2020
+8% since 1990-91, when it was 813
Student : Teacher
21.5:1
was 22.6:1
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 | 881 | 41 | 21.5:1 | 87% (763) |
| 2023-24 | 916 | 43.9 | 20.9:1 | 84% (773) |
| 2022-23 | 933 | 44.4 | 21.0:1 | 85% (791) |
| 2020-21 | 905 | 40 | 22.6:1 | 88% (792) |
| 2017-18 | 910 | 39.9 | 22.8:1 | 81% (733) |
| 2015-16 | 788 | 37 | 21.3:1 | 76% (598) |
| 2010-11 | 804 | N/A | N/A | 75% (605) |
| 2000-01 | 888 | 41 | 21.7:1 | 61% (541) |
| 1990-91 | 813 | 35 | 23.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Barbara Worth Junior High.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (910 to 881); teachers up 3% (39.9 to 41).
About Barbara Worth Junior High
In Brawley, California, part of Imperial County, Barbara Worth Junior High is a middle school. The school reports 881 students in grades 6 through 8. The school's enrollment is 34% larger than the 659 average for middle schools in California.
The 6 schools in Brawley Elementary enroll 3,883 students altogether, Barbara Worth Junior High among them.
Hispanic students make up 96% of enrollment at Barbara Worth Junior High. The next largest groups are 3% White. In Imperial County overall, about 86% of residents are Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 8%, meaning two students picked at random have an 8% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.5:1 at Barbara Worth Junior High, with 41 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 0.8 above the 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 87%. Across public schools in Imperial County, the average is 77%.
Measured against California public middle schools, Barbara Worth Junior High receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Barbara Worth Junior High scores 27.9% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 28.8%.
Federal survey data for Imperial County show that the median household income is $57,681, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 17% of people live in poverty. There are 76 public schools in Imperial County, enrolling about 36,513 students in all.
Brawley Union High is the closest public school, about 0.1 miles away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 33.6%, higher than Barbara Worth Junior High's 27.9%.
Locale: Town: Fringe. In NCES terms, the school is in a town close to an urbanized area.
Enrollment declined 3% from its 2020-21 level of 905. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 22.6:1 in 2020-21 to 21.5:1 in 2024-25.
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Imperial County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
180,202
Census ACS
Median income
$57,681
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
76
36,513 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Brawley Elementary
- Myron D. Witter ElementaryElementary · 741 students
- Phil D. Swing ElementaryElementary · 725 students
- J. W. Oakley ElementaryElementary · 654 students
- Padilla-Pace MiddleMiddle · 445 students
- Miguel Hidalgo ElementaryElementary · 437 students
Other schools in Brawley
- Brawley Union HighHigh · 1,863 students
- Myron D. Witter ElementaryElementary · 741 students
- Phil D. Swing ElementaryElementary · 725 students
- J. W. Oakley ElementaryElementary · 654 students
- Padilla-Pace MiddleMiddle · 445 students
- Miguel Hidalgo ElementaryElementary · 437 students
Nearby schools
- Brawley Union High0.1 mi · 1,863
- Renaissance0.4 mi · 22
- Desert Valley High (Continuation)0.4 mi · 162
- Phil D. Swing Elementary0.6 mi · 725
- Myron D. Witter Elementary0.7 mi · 741
- Miguel Hidalgo Elementary0.8 mi · 437
Frequently asked questions
About Barbara Worth Junior HighHow large is Barbara Worth Junior High?
Barbara Worth Junior High enrolls approximately 881 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Barbara Worth Junior High serve?
Barbara Worth Junior High serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Barbara Worth Junior High?
Approximately 21.5:1 students per teacher at Barbara Worth Junior High.
How diverse is Barbara Worth Junior High?
Barbara Worth Junior High reports a student body of 3% White, 96% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Barbara Worth Junior High?
Barbara Worth Junior High is overseen by Brawley Elementary in Imperial County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.