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How has Charles D. Jones Middle changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
423
Middle
DISTRICT 544 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALDWIN PARK UNIFIED·NCES 060369000327
Charles D. Jones Middle
14250 East Merced Ave., Baldwin Park, CA 91706 · (626) 962-8312 · Los Angeles County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL423 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 42% of California public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+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
16.1:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.7:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
405 students
DISTRICT 90% · 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 | 145 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 140 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 138 | 33% |
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 19% · 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
35.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +11.4pp since 2014
Math
18.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +4.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 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 | 12.1% | 23.3% | 25.5% | 39.1% |
| Math | 5.8% | 12.5% | 20.4% | 61.3% |
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 | 35.4% | 18.3% |
| 2023-24 | 36.4% | 12.7% |
| 2022-23 | 32.7% | 12.3% |
| 2021-22 | 36.9% | 13.9% |
| 2020-21 | 35.8% | 15.1% |
| 2018-19 | 39.7% | 18.3% |
| 2017-18 | 44.8% | 18.2% |
| 2016-17 | 36.4% | 17.6% |
| 2015-16 | 34.0% | 16.0% |
| 2014-15 | 24.0% | 14.0% |
% 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
25.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 Charles D. Jones Middle
Charles D. Jones Middle's state test result (25.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles D. Jones Middle this school | 423 | 95.7% | 25.6% |
| Giano Intermediate West Covina | 463 | 94.6% | 29.6% |
| Portola Middle Orange | 422 | 91.5% | 26.9% |
| Jefferson Middle Oceanside | 441 | 93.0% | 16.9% |
| Torch Middle City Of Industry | 345 | 90.1% | 31.3% |
| San Fernando Middle San Fernando | 442 | 95.7% | 21.0% |
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 Charles D. Jones Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.6% | #884 of 1,224 | #192 of 248 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.3% | #914 of 1,227 ▲ 124 | #204 of 248 ▲ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.4% | #843 of 1,227 ▼ 98 | #182 of 248 ▼ 23 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.5pp | #678 of 1,214 | #171 of 247 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 423 | #1,055 of 1,377 | #243 of 317 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #58 of 1,279 | #17 of 301 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.1% | #1,051 of 1,278 | #205 of 301 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.7% | #88 of 1,329 | #45 of 312 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.7% | #149 of 257 | #30 of 38 |
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
423
+70 (+20%) vs 2020
-39% since 1990-91, when it was 699
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 423 | 26.3 | 16.1:1 | 96% (405) |
| 2023-24 | 437 | 24.2 | 18.0:1 | 94% (411) |
| 2022-23 | 468 | 29.1 | 16.1:1 | 93% (435) |
| 2020-21 | 353 | 23 | 15.3:1 | 92% (324) |
| 2017-18 | 404 | 22.3 | 18.1:1 | 88% (357) |
| 2015-16 | 481 | 23 | 20.9:1 | 88% (423) |
| 2010-11 | 578 | N/A | N/A | 85% (494) |
| 2000-01 | 814 | 33 | 24.7:1 | 76% (617) |
| 1990-91 | 699 | 25 | 28.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Charles D. Jones Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (404 to 423); teachers up 18% (22.3 to 26.3).
About Charles D. Jones Middle
Charles D. Jones Middle is a middle-grades school in Baldwin Park, California, reachable at (626) 962-8312. The school's enrollment of 423 students covers grades 6 through 8. Enrollment is 36% lower than the average for middle schools in California, which is about 659.
Charles D. Jones Middle is one of the 17 schools that make up Baldwin Park Unified (9,856 students in total).
Most students at Charles D. Jones Middle are Hispanic: 89% of enrollment. Smaller groups are 9% Asian. For comparison, the population of Los Angeles County is roughly 48% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Charles D. Jones Middle belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 20%.
Teacher staffing is 26.3 full-time equivalents, or about 16.1 students per teacher. The 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California is higher than this school's figure. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 96%. On average, public schools in Los Angeles County report 70%.
Charles D. Jones Middle is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 42% of California public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Charles D. Jones Middle would be expected to post about 23.4%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 25.6%.
Across Los Angeles County, median household income is about $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. The public schools of Los Angeles County number 2,244 and enroll about 1,265,907.
Vineland Elementary is the public school closest to Charles D. Jones Middle, about 0.4 miles away. Charles D. Jones Middle has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Charles D. Jones Middle at 7th of 8.
Locale data from NCES put Charles D. Jones Middle in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Charles D. Jones Middle went from 353 students to 423.
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Los Angeles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,808,667
Census ACS
Median income
$90,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2,244
1,265,907 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Baldwin Park Unified
- Sierra Vista HighHigh · 1,650 students
- Baldwin Park HighHigh · 1,260 students
- Sierra Vista MiddleMiddle · 709 students
- Ernest R. Geddes ElementaryElementary · 662 students
- Vineland ElementaryElementary · 604 students
- BP STEM AcademyMiddle · 565 students
Other schools in Baldwin Park
- Sierra Vista HighHigh · 1,650 students
- Baldwin Park HighHigh · 1,260 students
- Sierra Vista MiddleMiddle · 709 students
- Ernest R. Geddes ElementaryElementary · 662 students
- Vineland ElementaryElementary · 604 students
- BP STEM AcademyMiddle · 565 students
Nearby schools
- Vineland Elementary0.4 mi · 604
- Foster Elementary0.4 mi · 430
- Kenmore Elementary0.6 mi · 437
- Sierra Vista Middle0.8 mi · 709
- Sierra Vista High0.8 mi · 1,650
- San Jose Charter Academy1.0 mi · 1,255
Frequently asked questions
About Charles D. Jones MiddleHow large is Charles D. Jones Middle?
Charles D. Jones Middle enrolls approximately 423 students in grades 06-08.
Is Charles D. Jones Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Charles D. Jones Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Charles D. Jones Middle have?
Charles D. Jones Middle employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Charles D. Jones Middle?
Student demographics at Charles D. Jones Middle are roughly 1% White, 89% Hispanic, 0% Black, 9% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Charles D. Jones Middle in?
Charles D. Jones Middle is part of Baldwin Park Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.