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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Bryant Middle this year?
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Enrollment
487
Middle
DISTRICT 451 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DOS PALOS ORO LOMA JOINT UNIFIED·NCES 060003301255
Bryant Middle
16695 North Bryant Rd., Dos Palos, CA 93620 · (209) 392-0240 · Merced County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL487 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.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-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
21.8:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.8:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
428 students
DISTRICT 89% · 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 | 163 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 154 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 170 | 35% |
Student demographics
26%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 27% · 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 Dos Palos Oro Loma Joint Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
16.2%
CA avg 49.1% . +2.2pp since 2014
Math
9.1%
CA avg 37.7% . -1.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 16 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 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 2 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 2.8% | 13.4% | 23.8% | 60.0% |
| Math | 1.5% | 7.6% | 24.7% | 66.2% |
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 | 16.2% | 9.1% |
| 2023-24 | 16.9% | 8.8% |
| 2022-23 | 26.4% | 10.5% |
| 2021-22 | 23.3% | 15.0% |
| 2020-21 | 20.9% | 12.1% |
| 2018-19 | 18.1% | 8.3% |
| 2017-18 | 18.5% | 10.1% |
| 2016-17 | 17.7% | 11.1% |
| 2015-16 | 16.0% | 13.0% |
| 2014-15 | 14.0% | 11.0% |
% 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
12.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 13% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 28% 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 Bryant Middle
Bryant Middle's state test result (12.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bryant Middle this school | 487 | 87.9% | 12.8% |
| Riverdale Elementary Riverdale | 507 | 90.5% | 31.1% |
| Edison Middle Bakersfield | 489 | 88.1% | 19.7% |
| Cherry Avenue Middle Tulare | 483 | 91.1% | 19.6% |
| Sequoia Middle Porterville | 532 | 85.5% | 38.9% |
| La Cumbre Junior High Santa Barbara | 426 | 84.5% | 33.9% |
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 Bryant Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Merced County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 12.8% | #1,180 of 1,224 | #16 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.1% | #1,166 of 1,227 ▼ 24 | #16 of 16 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 16.2% | #1,200 of 1,227 ▼ 22 | #16 of 16 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -6.5pp | #29 of 1,214 | #1 of 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 487 | #942 of 1,377 | #12 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.8:1 | #773 of 1,279 | #7 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.7% | #995 of 1,278 | #10 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.9% | #348 of 1,329 | #6 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.9% | #593 of 930 | #3 of 8 |
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
487
-55 (-10%) vs 2020
-10% since 2000-01, when it was 541
Student : Teacher
21.8:1
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 | 487 | 22.3 | 21.8:1 | 88% (428) |
| 2023-24 | 485 | 20.3 | 23.9:1 | 85% (411) |
| 2022-23 | 514 | 24.5 | 21.0:1 | 89% (459) |
| 2020-21 | 542 | 23 | 23.6:1 | 94% (509) |
| 2017-18 | 553 | 23.5 | 23.6:1 | 86% (477) |
| 2015-16 | 489 | 22 | 22.2:1 | 90% (440) |
| 2010-11 | 539 | N/A | N/A | 84% (455) |
| 2000-01 | 541 | 28 | 19.3:1 | 64% (346) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bryant Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (553 to 487); teachers down 5% (23.5 to 22.3).
About Bryant Middle
This page covers Bryant Middle, a low-enrollment middle school in Dos Palos, California. It serves 487 students in grades 6 through 8. The average among middle schools in California is roughly 659 students; this school is 26% smaller than that.
Bryant Middle belongs to Dos Palos Oro Loma Joint Unified, a district of 5 schools and 2,254 students.
About 85% of the student body at Bryant Middle is Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 12% White. In Merced County overall, about 63% of residents are Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 26% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its 22.3 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 21.8:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California. The school's lunch program data list 88% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
allk12 grades Bryant Middle an F. The grade compares the school only with California public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Test results at Bryant Middle are 15.3 points below what its student poverty level predicts. The average proficiency rate on state tests is 12.8%, compared with a predicted 28.1%, which ranks in the bottom 10% in California.
Federal survey data for Merced County show that the median household income is $65,510, roughly 15% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 117 public schools in Merced County, enrolling about 59,456 students in all.
Bernhard Marks Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles away. The five-mile area around Bryant Middle holds 4 other public schools. Nearby schools average 32.1% on proficiency, and Bryant Middle is below that at 12.8%.
NCES assigns Bryant Middle the locale Rural: Fringe, meaning in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment at Bryant Middle declined 10% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 542 to 487 students. The ratio of students to teachers went from 23.6:1 to 21.8:1 over the same years.
Discussion on this page can cover school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Merced County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
290,201
Census ACS
Median income
$65,510
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
117
59,456 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Dos Palos Oro Loma Joint Unified
- Dos Palos HighHigh · 639 students
- Dos Palos ElementaryElementary · 579 students
- Bernhard Marks ElementaryElementary · 478 students
- Westside HighHigh · 71 students
- Westside Community Day Middle HighHigh
- Dos Palos Carver CenterElementary
Other schools in Dos Palos
- Dos Palos HighHigh · 639 students
- Dos Palos ElementaryElementary · 579 students
- Bernhard Marks ElementaryElementary · 478 students
- Dos Palos Carver CenterElementary
Other Bryant Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Bryant Middle. Bryant Middle is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Bryant Middle SchoolDEARBORN, MI · 781 students
- BRYANT MIDDLE SCHOOLBRYANT AR, AR · 774 students
Nearby schools
- Bernhard Marks Elementary1.0 mi · 478
- Dos Palos High1.0 mi · 639
- Dos Palos Elementary1.3 mi · 579
- Westside High2.7 mi · 71
- Alview Elementary9.0 mi · 183
- Arthur E. Mills Intermediate11.8 mi · 511
Frequently asked questions
About Bryant MiddleHow many students attend Bryant Middle?
Bryant Middle enrolls approximately 487 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Bryant Middle serve?
Bryant Middle serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Bryant Middle have?
Bryant Middle employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.8:1.
How diverse is Bryant Middle?
Bryant Middle reports a student body of 12% White, 85% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Bryant Middle?
Bryant Middle is overseen by Dos Palos Oro Loma Joint Unified in Merced County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.