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Enrollment
468
Middle
DISTRICT 359 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CARMEL UNIFIED·NCES 060753000719
Carmel Middle
4380 Carmel Valley Rd., Carmel, CA 93922 · (831) 624-2785 · Monterey County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL468 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 62% of California public middle schools
- ATest 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.
- 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
13.1:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
81 students
DISTRICT 27% · 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 | 144 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 160 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 164 | 35% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
Based on grade levels within Carmel Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
72.1%
CA avg 49.1% . -8.9pp since 2014
Math
58.9%
CA avg 37.7% . -15.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 9 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 15 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 30.7% | 41.4% | 18.2% | 9.7% |
| Math | 31.8% | 27.1% | 24.1% | 17.0% |
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 | 72.1% | 58.9% |
| 2023-24 | 69.4% | 59.4% |
| 2022-23 | 73.7% | 59.8% |
| 2021-22 | 78.5% | 63.9% |
| 2020-21 | 74.1% | 58.3% |
| 2018-19 | 80.1% | 68.4% |
| 2017-18 | 85.2% | 71.5% |
| 2016-17 | 83.1% | 74.1% |
| 2015-16 | 82.0% | 76.0% |
| 2014-15 | 81.0% | 74.0% |
% 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
65.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 Carmel Middle
Carmel Middle's state test result (65.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carmel Middle this school | 468 | 17.3% | 65.0% |
| Templeton Middle Templeton | 478 | 18.2% | 47.2% |
| Earl Warren Middle Solana Beach | 476 | 18.1% | 75.0% |
| Camerado Springs Middle Cameron Park | 536 | 20.5% | 59.4% |
| Scotts Valley Middle Scotts Valley | 463 | 11.2% | 60.6% |
| Adaline E. Kent Middle Kentfield | 488 | 10.7% | 77.1% |
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 Carmel Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Monterey County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #169 of 1,224 | #1 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.9% | #186 of 1,227 ▼ 22 | #1 of 18 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.1% | #158 of 1,227 ▲ 11 | #2 of 18 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.7pp | #49 of 1,214 | #2 of 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 468 | #973 of 1,377 | #12 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #7 of 1,279 | #1 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.8% | #558 of 1,278 | #5 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.3% | #1,246 of 1,329 | #16 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.5% | #324 of 930 | #5 of 17 |
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
468
-105 (-18%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 479
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 468 | 35.6 | 13.1:1 | 17% (81) |
| 2023-24 | 473 | 36.4 | 13.0:1 | 15% (71) |
| 2022-23 | 498 | 37.4 | 13.3:1 | 19% (96) |
| 2020-21 | 573 | 39 | 14.7:1 | 13% (76) |
| 2017-18 | 589 | 38.2 | 15.4:1 | 16% (93) |
| 2015-16 | 559 | 36 | 15.5:1 | 11% (63) |
| 2010-11 | 538 | N/A | N/A | 13% (70) |
| 2000-01 | 632 | 35 | 18.1:1 | 19% (117) |
| 1990-91 | 479 | 21 | 22.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Carmel Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (589 to 468); teachers down 7% (38.2 to 35.6).
About Carmel Middle
Carmel Middle, a small middle-grades school, is located in Carmel, California. The school offers grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 468 students. On average, middle schools in California enroll around 659, and this school is 29% below that mark.
Carmel Unified has 6 schools and 2,152 students, and Carmel Middle is one of those schools.
About 63% of the student body at Carmel Middle is White. Other groups include 20% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, and 4% Asian. By comparison, Monterey County residents are about 36% White. A diversity index of 55% means there is a 55% chance two randomly chosen students at Carmel Middle are from different groups.
A staff of 35.6 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 13.1:1. The gap from the 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California is 7.6 students per teacher. By family income, 17% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 76% average for public schools in Monterey County is 59 points.
Carmel Middle earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 62% of California public middle schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, Carmel Middle lands between the top and bottom 10% of California schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 65.0%; the prediction is 69.4%.
Monterey County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $97,230, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. There are 153 public schools in the county, enrolling about 73,845, Carmel Middle among them.
Carmel Middle's closest public school neighbor is Carmel High, about 1.1 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Carmel Middle ranks 3rd of 6 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 65.0% against a local average of 58.4%.
NCES describes the area around Carmel Middle as Rural: Fringe, meaning in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment fell by 18% across 4 years, from 573 in 2020-21 to 468 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 14.7:1 to 13.1:1.
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Monterey County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
437,613
Census ACS
Median income
$97,230
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
153
73,845 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Carmel Unified
- Carmel HighHigh · 780 students
- Tularcitos ElementaryElementary · 447 students
- Carmel River ElementaryElementary · 400 students
- Captain Cooper ElementaryElementary · 47 students
- Carmel Valley HighHigh · 10 students
- Carmel Child Development CenterElementary
Other schools in Carmel
- Carmel HighHigh · 780 students
- Carmel River ElementaryElementary · 400 students
- Carmel Valley HighHigh · 10 students
- Carmel Child Development CenterElementary
Other Carmel Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Carmel Middle. Carmel Middle is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Carmel Middle SchoolCarmel, IN · 1,047 students
- Carmel MiddleCharlotte, NC · 1,004 students
Nearby schools
- Carmel High1.1 mi · 780
- Carmel River Elementary1.5 mi · 400
- La Mesa2.9 mi · 689
- Monte Vista3.6 mi · 688
- Monterey High3.7 mi · 1,401
- Carmel Valley High3.9 mi · 10
Frequently asked questions
About Carmel MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Carmel Middle?
Carmel Middle enrolls approximately 468 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Carmel Middle serve?
Carmel Middle serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Carmel Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Carmel Middle is approximately 13.1:1 (36 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Carmel Middle?
Student demographics at Carmel Middle are roughly 63% White, 20% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Is Carmel Middle public or private?
Carmel Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Carmel Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.