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Enrollment
585
Middle
DISTRICT 553 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DELANO UNION ELEMENTARY·NCES 061089001208
Cecil Avenue Math and Science Academy
1430 Cecil Ave., Delano, CA 93215 · (661) 721-5030 · Kern County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL585 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 72% of California public middle schools
- B-Test 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.
- A+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
19.6:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.6:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
529 students
DISTRICT 86% · 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 | 195 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 192 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 198 | 34% |
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 23% · 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
45.9%
CA avg 49.1% . +22.9pp since 2014
Math
27.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +10.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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 23 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 13.0% | 32.8% | 25.6% | 28.6% |
| Math | 8.3% | 19.0% | 28.1% | 44.6% |
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 | 45.9% | 27.3% |
| 2023-24 | 40.0% | 21.6% |
| 2022-23 | 37.6% | 19.4% |
| 2021-22 | 33.9% | 14.4% |
| 2018-19 | 37.8% | 22.9% |
| 2017-18 | 33.6% | 18.7% |
| 2016-17 | 35.0% | 20.4% |
| 2015-16 | 31.0% | 18.0% |
| 2014-15 | 23.0% | 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
33.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 Cecil Avenue Math and Science Academy
Cecil Avenue Math and Science Academy's state test result (33.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cecil Avenue Math and Science Academy this school | 585 | 90.4% | 33.7% |
| Almond Tree Middle Delano | 554 | 91.7% | 46.4% |
| BP STEM Academy Baldwin Park | 565 | 88.3% | 48.6% |
| Twin Lakes Elementary El Monte | 502 | 88.8% | 22.8% |
| Stephen R. Fitz Intermediate Santa Ana | 534 | 88.4% | 37.6% |
| Sierra Vista Middle Baldwin Park | 709 | 91.3% | 35.2% |
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 Cecil Avenue Math and Science Academy ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Kern County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.7% | #661 of 1,224 | #14 of 46 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.3% | #662 of 1,227 ▲ 91 | #12 of 46 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.9% | #580 of 1,227 ▲ 74 | #13 of 46 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +12.4pp | #29 of 1,214 | #2 of 46 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 585 | #791 of 1,377 | #32 of 48 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.6:1 | #411 of 1,279 | #14 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.5% | #1,071 of 1,278 | #36 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.4% | #271 of 1,329 | #16 of 46 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.9% | #573 of 930 | #15 of 28 |
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
585
-33 (-5%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 809
Student : Teacher
19.6:1
was 23.8:1
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 | 585 | 29.9 | 19.6:1 | 90% (529) |
| 2023-24 | 609 | 26.9 | 22.7:1 | 92% (563) |
| 2022-23 | 604 | 27.4 | 22.0:1 | 88% (529) |
| 2020-21 | 618 | 26 | 23.8:1 | 71% (439) |
| 2017-18 | 672 | 29.5 | 22.8:1 | 91% (614) |
| 2015-16 | 689 | 32 | 21.5:1 | 87% (598) |
| 2010-11 | 724 | N/A | N/A | 88% (636) |
| 2000-01 | 1,108 | 40 | 27.7:1 | 99% (1,095) |
| 1990-91 | 809 | 36 | 22.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cecil Avenue Math and Science Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (672 to 585); teachers up 1% (29.5 to 29.9).
About Cecil Avenue Math and Science Academy
Cecil Avenue Math and Science Academy is a mid-sized middle-grades school in Delano, California. It reports enrollment of 585 students in grades 6 through 8.
Federal data list 12 schools in Delano Union Elementary, with 6,185 students enrolled.
At Cecil Avenue Math and Science Academy, 90% of students are Hispanic. Other students are 8% Asian. That is higher than the 57% Hispanic share among all Kern County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 18%.
Cecil Avenue Math and Science Academy reported 29.9 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 19.6:1. Middle schools in California have an average ratio of 20.7:1. Roughly 90% of students at Cecil Avenue Math and Science Academy can receive free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 76% average among public schools in Kern County.
Among California public middle schools, Cecil Avenue Math and Science Academy outscored 72%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Cecil Avenue Math and Science Academy falls in the middle 80% of California schools: 33.7% actual against 26.6% predicted.
For Kern County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $70,210 a year, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 15% of people live in poverty. Counting Cecil Avenue Math and Science Academy, Kern County has 279 public schools.
Delano High is about 0.2 miles from Cecil Avenue Math and Science Academy, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Cecil Avenue Math and Science Academy ranks 6th on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, Town: Distant, means it is in a town some distance from an urbanized area. This is a charter school, which is a tuition-free public school operating under a charter.
Enrollment decreased by 5% across 4 years, from 618 in 2020-21 to 585 in 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 23.8:1 in 2020-21, and 19.6:1 in 2024-25.
Cecil Avenue Math and Science Academy has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Kern County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
915,075
Census ACS
Median income
$70,210
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
279
197,431 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Delano Union Elementary
- PioneerElementary · 1,043 students
- Nueva Vista Language AcademyElementary · 684 students
- Almond Tree MiddleMiddle · 554 students
- Del Vista Math and Science AcademyElementary · 526 students
- La Vina MiddleMiddle · 521 students
- MorningsideElementary · 477 students
Other schools in Delano
- Wonderful College Prep AcademyCombined · 1,845 students
- Robert F. Kennedy HighHigh · 1,394 students
- Cesar E. Chavez HighHigh · 1,318 students
- Delano HighHigh · 1,221 students
- PioneerElementary · 1,043 students
- Nueva Vista Language AcademyElementary · 684 students
Nearby schools
- Delano High0.2 mi · 1,221
- Princeton Street Elementary0.5 mi · 308
- Terrace Elementary0.5 mi · 363
- Valley High0.6 mi · 71
- Del Vista Math and Science Academy0.6 mi · 526
- Harvest Elementary0.6 mi · 365
Frequently asked questions
About Cecil Avenue Math and Science AcademyHow many students attend Cecil Avenue Math and Science Academy?
Cecil Avenue Math and Science Academy enrolls approximately 585 students in grades 06-08.
Is Cecil Avenue Math and Science Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
Cecil Avenue Math and Science Academy is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Cecil Avenue Math and Science Academy?
Approximately 19.6:1 students per teacher at Cecil Avenue Math and Science Academy.
How diverse is Cecil Avenue Math and Science Academy?
Cecil Avenue Math and Science Academy reports a student body of 1% White, 90% Hispanic, 0% Black, 8% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Cecil Avenue Math and Science Academy in?
Cecil Avenue Math and Science Academy is part of Delano Union Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.