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Enrollment
606
Middle
DISTRICT 530 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN LORENZO UNIFIED·NCES 063471007483
Bohannon Middle
800 Bockman Rd., San Lorenzo, CA 94580 · (510) 317-3800 · Alameda County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL606 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 24% 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.
- 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.
- 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
24.1:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.8:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
446 students
DISTRICT 75% · 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 | 202 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 203 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 201 | 33% |
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
37.6%
CA avg 49.1% . +9.6pp since 2014
Math
18.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +1.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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 10 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 | 7.8% | 29.7% | 28.7% | 33.7% |
| Math | 7.2% | 11.6% | 28.7% | 52.5% |
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 | 37.6% | 18.8% |
| 2023-24 | 35.9% | 14.7% |
| 2022-23 | 33.2% | 12.6% |
| 2021-22 | 37.4% | 14.9% |
| 2018-19 | 27.3% | 17.8% |
| 2017-18 | 26.7% | 21.9% |
| 2016-17 | 29.4% | 21.7% |
| 2015-16 | 34.0% | 20.0% |
| 2014-15 | 28.0% | 17.0% |
% 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
26.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Bohannon Middle
Bohannon Middle's state test result (26.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bohannon Middle this school | 606 | 73.6% | 26.7% |
| Lorbeer Middle Diamond Bar | 688 | 74.3% | 37.5% |
| Earle E. Williams Middle Tracy | 762 | 77.0% | 30.0% |
| Edison Computech Fresno | 788 | 70.9% | 72.0% |
| Granger Junior High National City | 724 | 76.4% | 34.9% |
| Corona Fundamental Intermediate Corona | 754 | 80.1% | 50.4% |
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 Bohannon Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Alameda County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.7% | #835 of 1,224 | #34 of 46 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.8% | #893 of 1,227 ▲ 79 | #36 of 46 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.6% | #778 of 1,227 ▼ 21 | #31 of 46 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.1pp | #618 of 1,214 | #17 of 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 606 | #751 of 1,377 | #27 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.1:1 | #1,092 of 1,279 | #42 of 49 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.8% | #661 of 1,278 | #36 of 49 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.6% | #677 of 1,329 | #23 of 50 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.9% | #210 of 930 | #5 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
606
-147 (-20%) vs 2020
-33% since 2000-01, when it was 908
Student : Teacher
24.1:1
was 25.1:1
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 | 606 | 25.1 | 24.1:1 | 74% (446) |
| 2023-24 | 626 | 31 | 20.2:1 | 77% (485) |
| 2022-23 | 689 | 30.5 | 22.6:1 | 79% (545) |
| 2020-21 | 753 | 30 | 25.1:1 | 61% (459) |
| 2017-18 | 807 | 35 | 23.1:1 | 67% (542) |
| 2015-16 | 834 | 37 | 22.5:1 | 67% (562) |
| 2010-11 | 953 | N/A | N/A | 54% (518) |
| 2000-01 | 908 | 38 | 23.9:1 | 25% (225) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bohannon Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (807 to 606); teachers down 28% (35 to 25.1).
About Bohannon Middle
Bohannon Middle is a mid-sized middle school. Its address is in San Lorenzo, California. Enrollment totals 606 students across grades 6 through 8.
San Lorenzo Unified has a total of 16 schools and 7,936 students, Bohannon Middle among them.
More than half of the students at Bohannon Middle are Hispanic (69%). Beyond that, enrollment is 15% Asian, 6% White, 5% Black, and 3% multiracial. In Alameda County overall, about 23% of residents are Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 50%.
With 25.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 24.1:1. Middle schools in California average 20.7:1, 3.4 fewer students per teacher than here. Roughly 74% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 49% average for public schools in Alameda County.
Bohannon Middle holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 24% of California public middle schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Bohannon Middle is -9.7 points: 26.7% actual, 36.4% predicted.
For Alameda County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $129,367, about 52% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. There are 394 public schools in the county, enrolling about 210,511, Bohannon Middle among them.
A public school about 0.5 miles away, Lorenzo Manor Elementary, is the closest to Bohannon Middle. Bohannon Middle has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Bohannon Middle comes in 5th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Bohannon Middle is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment decreased 20% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on athletics, class schedules, and weather closures here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 San Lorenzo Unified
- Arroyo HighHigh · 1,499 students
- San Lorenzo HighHigh · 1,029 students
- Hesperian ElementaryElementary · 500 students
- Washington Manor MiddleMiddle · 500 students
- Edendale MiddleMiddle · 483 students
- Colonial Acres ElementaryElementary · 458 students
Other schools in San Lorenzo
- Arroyo HighHigh · 1,499 students
- San Lorenzo HighHigh · 1,029 students
- KIPP King Collegiate HighHigh · 662 students
- Hesperian ElementaryElementary · 500 students
- Edendale MiddleMiddle · 483 students
- KIPP Summit AcademyMiddle · 427 students
Nearby schools
- Lorenzo Manor Elementary0.5 mi · 447
- Royal Sunset (Continuation)0.6 mi · 107
- Del Rey Elementary0.6 mi · 373
- Grant Elementary0.9 mi · 322
- Arroyo High1.0 mi · 1,499
- Colonial Acres Elementary1.0 mi · 458
Frequently asked questions
About Bohannon MiddleHow many students attend Bohannon Middle?
Bohannon Middle enrolls approximately 606 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Bohannon Middle serve?
Bohannon Middle serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bohannon Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bohannon Middle is approximately 24.1:1 (25 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Bohannon Middle?
Bohannon Middle reports a student body of 6% White, 69% Hispanic, 5% Black, 15% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Bohannon Middle?
Bohannon Middle is overseen by San Lorenzo Unified in Alameda County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.