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Canyon Hills Junior High
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 564 | 53% |
| Grade 8 | 506 | 47% |
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardWhat this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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 3 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 43.3% | 32.9% | 14.7% | 9.2% |
| Math | 44.7% | 19.4% | 18.9% | 16.9% |
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 76.1% | 64.2% |
| 2023-24 | 77.0% | 63.9% |
| 2022-23 | 76.3% | 61.0% |
| 2021-22 | 77.1% | 56.4% |
| 2018-19 | 71.2% | 57.5% |
| 2017-18 | 71.5% | 57.6% |
| 2016-17 | 70.5% | 54.8% |
| 2015-16 | 70.0% | 56.0% |
| 2014-15 | 73.0% | 59.0% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 52% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 18 points, placing it in California's top 10%.
Schools most like Canyon Hills Junior High
Canyon Hills Junior High's state test result (70.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canyon Hills Junior High this school | 1,070 | 46.8% | 70.3% |
| G. M. Walters Middle Fremont | 1,149 | 46.0% | 51.0% |
| Challenger Middle San Diego | 960 | 48.8% | 66.9% |
| Giannini (A.P.) Middle San Francisco | 1,183 | 39.6% | 70.9% |
| Itliong-Vera Cruz Union City | 1,097 | 53.5% | 50.6% |
| Centerville Middle Fremont | 1,495 | 37.1% | 59.5% |
Where Canyon Hills Junior High ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Bernardino County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.3% | #117 of 1,224 | #4 of 76 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.2% | #144 of 1,227 ▼ 15 | #4 of 76 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.1% | #116 of 1,227 ▼ 21 | #4 of 76 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.4pp | #467 of 1,214 | #36 of 73 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,070 | #140 of 1,377 | #11 of 79 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 26.8:1 | #1,243 of 1,279 | #71 of 74 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.1% | #347 of 1,278 | #12 of 74 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.8% | #965 of 1,329 | #70 of 77 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.9% | #700 of 930 | #45 of 56 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,070 | 40 | 26.8:1 | 47% (501) |
| 2023-24 | 1,007 | 37.7 | 26.7:1 | 28% (279) |
| 2022-23 | 1,030 | 38.4 | 26.9:1 | 23% (237) |
| 2020-21 | 1,119 | 35 | 32.0:1 | 28% (310) |
| 2017-18 | 1,174 | 40.1 | 29.3:1 | 27% (318) |
| 2015-16 | 1,083 | 41 | 26.4:1 | 28% (305) |
| 2010-11 | 1,104 | N/A | N/A | 12% (137) |
| 2000-01 | 1,204 | 46 | 26.2:1 | 6% (74) |
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (1,174 to 1,070); teachers unchanged (40.1 to 40).
About Canyon Hills Junior High
Canyon Hills Junior High is a high-enrollment middle school in Chino Hills, California, administered by Chino Valley Unified. Enrollment totals 1,070 students across grades 7 through 8. The school is 62% above the average for middle schools in California.
The district, Chino Valley Unified, has 25,548 students enrolled across 35 schools.
About 52% of the student body at Canyon Hills Junior High is Asian. Other groups make up 29% Hispanic, 12% White, 4% multiracial, and 3% Black. County-wide, 8% of San Bernardino County residents are Asian. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 63%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Canyon Hills Junior High is 26.8:1, based on 40 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California, this school's ratio is higher. Lunch program data show 47% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Among public schools in San Bernardino County, the average eligibility rate is 74%.
Canyon Hills Junior High earns an A+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 96% of California public middle schools.
After accounting for student poverty, Canyon Hills Junior High is in the top 10% of California schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results of 70.3% is 18.2 points above the 52.1% predicted for its lunch-eligibility share.
For the population of San Bernardino County, median household income comes to about $85,478, roughly 23% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. San Bernardino County's 583 public schools enroll about 393,648 students and include Canyon Hills Junior High.
A public school about 0.2 miles away, Rolling Ridge Elementary, is the closest to Canyon Hills Junior High. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Canyon Hills Junior High comes in 4th of 5 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 4%. Its ratio of students to teachers was 32.0:1 in 2020-21, and 26.8:1 in 2024-25.
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