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What's the biggest difference between Charlotte Wood Middle and what you expected?
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Enrollment
853
Middle
DISTRICT 832 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN RAMON VALLEY UNIFIED·NCES 063513005944
Charlotte Wood Middle
600 El Capitan Dr., Danville, CA 94526 · (925) 855-4400 · Contra Costa County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL853 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 76% 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.
- CBeats 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
22.9:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.7:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
5%
44 students
DISTRICT 9% · 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 | 274 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 301 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 278 | 33% |
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
81.3%
CA avg 49.1% . -2.7pp since 2014
Math
65.8%
CA avg 37.7% . -3.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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 3 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 38.0% | 43.3% | 14.5% | 4.2% |
| Math | 38.3% | 27.6% | 22.1% | 12.1% |
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 | 81.3% | 65.8% |
| 2023-24 | 69.5% | 61.9% |
| 2022-23 | 72.7% | 57.7% |
| 2021-22 | 72.3% | 54.9% |
| 2018-19 | 75.9% | 68.7% |
| 2017-18 | 72.0% | 68.9% |
| 2016-17 | 76.0% | 71.7% |
| 2015-16 | 81.0% | 72.0% |
| 2014-15 | 84.0% | 69.0% |
% 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
69.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
76.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 77% 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 Charlotte Wood Middle
Charlotte Wood Middle's state test result (69.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charlotte Wood Middle this school | 853 | 5.2% | 69.6% |
| Orinda Intermediate Orinda | 822 | 3.8% | 82.9% |
| Rolling Hills Middle El Dorado Hills | 778 | 10.2% | 73.2% |
| William Mendenhall Middle Livermore | 876 | 6.7% | 60.6% |
| Hillview Middle Menlo Park | 846 | 11.2% | 77.3% |
| Joaquin Moraga Intermediate Moraga | 658 | 6.1% | 76.9% |
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 Charlotte Wood Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Contra Costa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.6% | #126 of 1,224 | #10 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.8% | #126 of 1,227 ▲ 18 | #10 of 42 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.3% | #62 of 1,227 ▲ 104 | #8 of 42 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.0pp | #75 of 1,214 | #3 of 42 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 853 | #363 of 1,377 | #17 of 44 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.9:1 | #960 of 1,279 | #26 of 43 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.1% | #346 of 1,278 | #25 of 43 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 5.2% | #1,322 of 1,329 | #37 of 40 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.2% | #530 of 930 | #16 of 35 |
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
853
-63 (-7%) vs 2020
+16% since 1990-91, when it was 734
Student : Teacher
22.9:1
was 23.5:1
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 | 853 | 37.3 | 22.9:1 | 5% (44) |
| 2023-24 | 886 | 35.8 | 24.7:1 | 5% (43) |
| 2022-23 | 878 | 37.8 | 23.2:1 | 5% (43) |
| 2020-21 | 916 | 39 | 23.5:1 | 4% (40) |
| 2017-18 | 994 | 42.5 | 23.4:1 | 4% (43) |
| 2015-16 | 1,115 | 43 | 25.9:1 | 2% (21) |
| 2010-11 | 987 | N/A | N/A | 2% (15) |
| 2000-01 | 1,067 | 47 | 22.7:1 | 2% (18) |
| 1990-91 | 734 | 28 | 26.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Charlotte Wood Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (994 to 853); teachers down 12% (42.5 to 37.3).
About Charlotte Wood Middle
Charlotte Wood Middle is classified as a middle school. It is located in Danville, California. The grade span is 6 through 8, and enrollment is 853 students. Average enrollment for middle schools in California is about 659, so this school runs 29% above that.
Charlotte Wood Middle is among 36 schools run by San Ramon Valley Unified, which serves 28,554 students.
A majority of students at Charlotte Wood Middle, 55%, are White. The remaining shares are 21% Asian, 12% multiracial, and 11% Hispanic. Contra Costa County as a whole is about 41% White, so the school's share is higher. By the diversity index, Charlotte Wood Middle comes in at 63%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 22.9:1, with 37.3 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. The 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California is lower than this school's figure. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Charlotte Wood Middle is 5%. The 45% average for public schools in Contra Costa County is 40 points higher.
Charlotte Wood Middle is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 76% of California public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Charlotte Wood Middle would score about 76.5%. It scores 69.6%, 6.9 points below that figure.
In Contra Costa County (population about 1,165,012), median household income is about $127,229, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 45% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Charlotte Wood Middle is one of 280 public schools in Contra Costa County, which together enroll about 167,423 students.
The shortest distance from Charlotte Wood Middle to another public school is about 0.6 miles, to John Baldwin Elementary. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Charlotte Wood Middle is 7th on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Charlotte Wood Middle had 916 students in 2020-21 and 853 in 2024-25, a 7% decrease.
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Contra Costa County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,165,012
Census ACS
Median income
$127,229
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
280
167,423 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in San Ramon Valley Unified
- Dougherty Valley HighHigh · 3,039 students
- California HighHigh · 2,894 students
- Monte Vista HighHigh · 2,042 students
- San Ramon Valley HighHigh · 2,036 students
- Windemere Ranch MiddleMiddle · 1,011 students
- Pine Valley MiddleMiddle · 973 students
Other schools in Danville
- Monte Vista HighHigh · 2,042 students
- San Ramon Valley HighHigh · 2,036 students
- Diablo Vista MiddleMiddle · 835 students
- Greenbrook ElementaryElementary · 732 students
- Sycamore Valley ElementaryElementary · 559 students
- Creekside ElementaryElementary · 549 students
Nearby schools
- John Baldwin Elementary0.6 mi · 439
- Greenbrook Elementary0.8 mi · 732
- Vista Grande Elementary1.7 mi · 544
- Sycamore Valley Elementary1.9 mi · 559
- Montair Elementary1.9 mi · 484
- Green Valley Elementary2.2 mi · 484
Frequently asked questions
About Charlotte Wood MiddleHow large is Charlotte Wood Middle?
Charlotte Wood Middle enrolls approximately 853 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Charlotte Wood Middle serve?
Charlotte Wood Middle serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Charlotte Wood Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Charlotte Wood Middle is approximately 22.9:1 (37 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Charlotte Wood Middle?
Student demographics at Charlotte Wood Middle are roughly 55% White, 11% Hispanic, 1% Black, 21% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is Charlotte Wood Middle in?
Charlotte Wood Middle is part of San Ramon Valley Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.