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What's something Bobby Duke Middle does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
648
Middle
DISTRICT 768 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COACHELLA VALLEY UNIFIED·NCES 060907011969
Bobby Duke Middle
85-358 Bagdad Ave., Coachella, CA 92236 · (760) 398-0139 · Riverside County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL648 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 27% 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.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
20.9:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.9:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
622 students
DISTRICT 93% · 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 | 312 | 48% |
| Grade 8 | 336 | 52% |
Student demographics
4%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 4% · 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
30.2%
CA avg 49.1% . +18.2pp since 2014
Math
10.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +3.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 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 18 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 6.2% | 24.0% | 27.0% | 42.8% |
| Math | 3.4% | 6.7% | 26.2% | 63.7% |
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 | 30.2% | 10.1% |
| 2023-24 | 30.1% | 12.1% |
| 2022-23 | 28.3% | 8.8% |
| 2021-22 | 24.2% | 10.6% |
| 2020-21 | 22.6% | 9.5% |
| 2018-19 | 20.8% | 11.0% |
| 2017-18 | 13.1% | 7.0% |
| 2016-17 | 9.7% | 3.3% |
| 2015-16 | 12.0% | 4.0% |
| 2014-15 | 12.0% | 7.0% |
% 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
20.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 Bobby Duke Middle
Bobby Duke Middle's state test result (20.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Duke Middle this school | 648 | 96.0% | 20.6% |
| Haven Drive Middle Arvin | 612 | 94.4% | 29.1% |
| Mendota Junior High Mendota | 612 | 97.4% | 29.6% |
| Citrus Middle Orange Cove | 602 | 96.8% | 40.9% |
| Suva Intermediate Bell Gardens | 650 | 93.5% | 22.0% |
| Julia C. Lathrop Intermediate Santa Ana | 584 | 96.7% | 14.9% |
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 Bobby Duke Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Riverside County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.6% | #1,032 of 1,224 | #60 of 78 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.1% | #1,141 of 1,227 ▼ 89 | #71 of 78 ▼ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.2% | #979 of 1,227 ▼ 62 | #57 of 78 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.8pp | #536 of 1,214 | #32 of 77 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 648 | #681 of 1,377 | #70 of 79 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.9:1 | #600 of 1,279 | #15 of 78 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 3.7% | #1,247 of 1,278 | #76 of 77 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.0% | #80 of 1,329 | #7 of 78 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.2% | #680 of 930 | #46 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
648
-81 (-11%) vs 2020
-10% since 2010-11, when it was 721
Student : Teacher
20.9:1
was 24.3:1
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 | 648 | 31 | 20.9:1 | 96% (622) |
| 2023-24 | 708 | 35.2 | 20.1:1 | 93% (660) |
| 2022-23 | 706 | 34.4 | 20.5:1 | 93% (659) |
| 2020-21 | 729 | 30 | 24.3:1 | 94% (685) |
| 2017-18 | 714 | 29.3 | 24.4:1 | 96% (685) |
| 2015-16 | 742 | 31 | 23.9:1 | 94% (699) |
| 2010-11 | 721 | N/A | N/A | 97% (702) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bobby Duke Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (714 to 648); teachers up 6% (29.3 to 31).
About Bobby Duke Middle
This page covers Bobby Duke Middle, a medium-sized middle school in Coachella, California. Students in grades 7 through 8 attend, and enrollment is 648 students.
Coachella Valley Unified is made up of 21 schools with 15,817 students in all.
Most students at Bobby Duke Middle are Hispanic: 98% of enrollment. For comparison, the population of Riverside County is roughly 51% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Bobby Duke Middle belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 4%.
Teacher staffing is 31 full-time equivalents, or about 20.9 students per teacher. Middle schools in California have a similar average ratio of 20.7:1. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 96%. On average, public schools in Riverside County report 74%.
Measured against California public middle schools, Bobby Duke Middle receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Bobby Duke Middle's average proficiency rate on state tests of 20.6% is 2.6 points below the 23.3% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Riverside County has about 2,478,600 residents, and median household income is about $93,074, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 26% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Federal data list 543 public schools in Riverside County, with a combined enrollment of about 424,872.
The closest public school, Palm View Elementary, is about 0.2 miles from Bobby Duke Middle. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Bobby Duke Middle is 7th among 7 schools close by.
The federal government classifies Bobby Duke Middle's location as Suburb: Large.
Bobby Duke Middle saw enrollment fall 11% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The number of students per teacher fell from 24.3 to 20.9 over 4 years.
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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 Coachella Valley Unified
- Coachella Valley HighHigh · 2,300 students
- Desert Mirage HighHigh · 1,875 students
- Toro Canyon MiddleMiddle · 989 students
- Saul Martinez ElementaryElementary · 961 students
- Coral Mountain AcademyElementary · 815 students
- Sea View ElementaryElementary · 682 students
Other schools in Coachella
- Imagine Schools Riverside CountyElementary · 1,454 students
- Coral Mountain AcademyElementary · 815 students
- Cahuilla Desert Academy Junior HighMiddle · 668 students
- Valle del Sol ElementaryElementary · 649 students
- Cesar Chavez ElementaryElementary · 622 students
- Valley View ElementaryElementary · 603 students
Nearby schools
- Palm View Elementary0.2 mi · 561
- Valley View Elementary0.5 mi · 603
- Peter Pendleton Elementary0.8 mi · 499
- Valle del Sol Elementary1.0 mi · 649
- NOVA Academy - Coachella1.0 mi · 235
- Cesar Chavez Elementary1.2 mi · 622
Frequently asked questions
About Bobby Duke MiddleHow many students attend Bobby Duke Middle?
Bobby Duke Middle enrolls approximately 648 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Bobby Duke Middle serve?
Bobby Duke Middle serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Bobby Duke Middle have?
Bobby Duke Middle employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.9:1.
How diverse is Bobby Duke Middle?
Bobby Duke Middle reports a student body of 1% White, 98% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Bobby Duke Middle?
Bobby Duke Middle is overseen by Coachella Valley Unified in Riverside County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.