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Enrollment
544
Middle
DISTRICT 492 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RIVERBANK UNIFIED·NCES 060006105115
Cardozo Middle
3525 Santa Fe St., Riverbank, CA 95367 · (209) 869-2591 · Stanislaus County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL544 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 14% 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.
- 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.
- CThree-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
19.4:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.1:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
449 students
DISTRICT 79% · 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 | 165 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 179 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 200 | 37% |
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · 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
Students here typically continue to
Cardozo Middle→Riverbank High
Based on grade levels within Riverbank Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
34.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +11.4pp since 2014
Math
13.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +4.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 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 11 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 8.9% | 25.4% | 27.5% | 38.1% |
| Math | 4.7% | 8.6% | 27.6% | 59.1% |
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 | 34.4% | 13.3% |
| 2023-24 | 27.5% | 11.9% |
| 2022-23 | 30.3% | 13.5% |
| 2021-22 | 32.1% | 16.3% |
| 2020-21 | 29.1% | 12.0% |
| 2018-19 | 37.6% | 25.9% |
| 2017-18 | 34.6% | 20.4% |
| 2016-17 | 28.0% | 19.3% |
| 2015-16 | 37.0% | 16.0% |
| 2014-15 | 23.0% | 9.0% |
% 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
21.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 Cardozo Middle
Cardozo Middle's state test result (21.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardozo Middle this school | 544 | 82.5% | 21.8% |
| Santa Barbara Junior High Santa Barbara | 512 | 79.7% | 28.5% |
| Sequoia Middle Porterville | 532 | 85.5% | 38.9% |
| Charles W. Tewinkle Middle Costa Mesa | 501 | 80.8% | 36.3% |
| Burton Middle Porterville | 586 | 83.6% | 37.0% |
| George T. Egling Middle Colusa | 553 | 77.4% | 28.0% |
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 Cardozo Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Stanislaus County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.8% | #1,002 of 1,224 | #25 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.3% | #1,057 of 1,227 ▲ 1 | #26 of 26 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.4% | #872 of 1,227 ▲ 122 | #22 of 26 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.4pp | #336 of 1,214 | #4 of 26 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 544 | #853 of 1,377 | #19 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.4:1 | #380 of 1,279 | #5 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.7% | #878 of 1,278 | #17 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.5% | #471 of 1,329 | #9 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.5% | #128 of 257 | #2 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
544
+56 (+11%) vs 2020
-20% since 2000-01, when it was 679
Student : Teacher
19.4:1
was 19.5:1
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 | 544 | 28 | 19.4:1 | 83% (449) |
| 2023-24 | 520 | 28.3 | 18.4:1 | 84% (437) |
| 2022-23 | 502 | 30 | 16.8:1 | 61% (308) |
| 2020-21 | 488 | 25 | 19.5:1 | 73% (356) |
| 2017-18 | 511 | 26 | 19.6:1 | 88% (452) |
| 2015-16 | 514 | 24 | 21.4:1 | 85% (436) |
| 2010-11 | 511 | N/A | N/A | 76% (387) |
| 2000-01 | 679 | 32 | 21.2:1 | 49% (336) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cardozo Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (511 to 544); teachers up 8% (26 to 28).
About Cardozo Middle
Cardozo Middle is a middle school with a street address in Riverbank, California. The school serves 544 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25.
Riverbank Unified counts 2,954 students in its 6 schools, and Cardozo Middle is one of them.
Roughly 78% of students at Cardozo Middle are Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 16% White and 3% multiracial. Among people living in Stanislaus County, the Hispanic share is about 50%. The school's diversity index is 36%, meaning two students picked at random have a 36% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teachers at Cardozo Middle total 28 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 19.4:1. That is 1.3 students per teacher below the 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 83%. Compared with the 71% average for public schools in Stanislaus County, the school's rate is higher.
Measured against California public middle schools, Cardozo Middle receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 31.2% for Cardozo Middle. The school posts 21.8%, 9.3 points below the prediction.
Stanislaus County has these Census figures: the median household income is $81,468, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 20%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. In all, Stanislaus County has 190 public schools and roughly 106,477 students.
The closest public school, Adelante High, is about 0.1 miles from Cardozo Middle. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Cardozo Middle places 6th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
For locale, NCES codes Cardozo Middle as Suburb: Large.
The school enrolled 544 students in 2024-25, 56 more than the 488 it had in 2020-21.
Posts about science fairs, picture day, and bus routes are welcome on this page. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Stanislaus County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
553,990
Census ACS
Median income
$81,468
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
190
106,477 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Riverbank Unified
- Riverbank HighHigh · 744 students
- Riverbank Language AcademyElementary · 557 students
- California Avenue ElementaryElementary · 540 students
- Mesa Verde ElementaryElementary · 529 students
- Adelante HighHigh · 40 students
Other schools in Riverbank
- Crossroads ElementaryElementary · 752 students
- Riverbank HighHigh · 744 students
- Riverbank Language AcademyElementary · 557 students
- California Avenue ElementaryElementary · 540 students
- Adelante HighHigh · 40 students
Other Cardozo Middle schools
One other US public school is named Cardozo Middle. Cardozo Middle is the largest of the 2.
- Cardozo Middle SchoolJackson, MS · 531 students
Nearby schools
- Adelante High0.1 mi · 40
- California Avenue Elementary0.6 mi · 540
- Riverbank High0.7 mi · 744
- Riverbank Language Academy1.2 mi · 557
- Crossroads Elementary1.3 mi · 752
- Mesa Verde Elementary1.4 mi · 529
Frequently asked questions
About Cardozo MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Cardozo Middle?
Cardozo Middle enrolls approximately 544 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Cardozo Middle serve?
Cardozo Middle serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cardozo Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cardozo Middle is approximately 19.4:1 (28 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Cardozo Middle?
Student demographics at Cardozo Middle are roughly 16% White, 78% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Cardozo Middle public or private?
Cardozo Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Riverbank Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.