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Enrollment
602
Middle
DISTRICT 480 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KINGS CANYON JOINT UNIFIED·NCES 061970002364
Citrus Middle
1400 Anchor Ave., Orange Cove, CA 93646 · (559) 305-7370 · Fresno County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL602 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 84% of California public middle schools
- BTest 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
22.2:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.6:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
583 students
DISTRICT 88% · 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 | 220 | 37% |
| Grade 7 | 200 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 182 | 30% |
Student demographics
6%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · 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
51.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +21.1pp since 2014
Math
36.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +22.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 21 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 22 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 18.5% | 32.6% | 23.4% | 25.5% |
| Math | 15.0% | 21.5% | 26.0% | 37.5% |
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 | 51.1% | 36.5% |
| 2023-24 | 49.4% | 26.1% |
| 2022-23 | 41.2% | 24.4% |
| 2021-22 | 41.8% | 24.3% |
| 2020-21 | 35.1% | 15.4% |
| 2018-19 | 45.0% | 26.9% |
| 2017-18 | 43.3% | 23.5% |
| 2016-17 | 44.8% | 20.0% |
| 2015-16 | 39.0% | 16.0% |
| 2014-15 | 30.0% | 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
40.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 23% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 18 points, placing it in California's top 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 Citrus Middle
Citrus Middle's state test result (40.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Citrus Middle this school | 602 | 96.8% | 40.9% |
| Julia C. Lathrop Intermediate Santa Ana | 584 | 96.7% | 14.9% |
| Bobby Duke Middle Coachella | 648 | 96.0% | 20.6% |
| Mendota Junior High Mendota | 612 | 97.4% | 29.6% |
| Simons Middle Pomona | 578 | 95.8% | 21.6% |
| Haven Drive Middle Arvin | 612 | 94.4% | 29.1% |
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 Citrus Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Fresno County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.9% | #497 of 1,224 | #12 of 40 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.5% | #466 of 1,227 ▲ 171 | #11 of 40 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.1% | #466 of 1,227 ▼ 8 | #12 of 40 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.7pp | #57 of 1,214 | #6 of 40 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 602 | #756 of 1,377 | #26 of 42 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.2:1 | #844 of 1,279 | #28 of 38 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 6.2% | #1,216 of 1,278 | #35 of 38 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.8% | #55 of 1,329 | #3 of 40 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.2% | #749 of 930 | #16 of 25 |
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
602
-31 (-5%) vs 2020
+60% since 1990-91, when it was 376
Student : Teacher
22.2:1
was 27.5:1
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 | 602 | 27.1 | 22.2:1 | 97% (583) |
| 2023-24 | 587 | 26.3 | 22.3:1 | 97% (569) |
| 2022-23 | 585 | 25.3 | 23.1:1 | 97% (567) |
| 2020-21 | 633 | 23 | 27.5:1 | 97% (613) |
| 2017-18 | 649 | 25.8 | 25.2:1 | 97% (628) |
| 2015-16 | 611 | 21 | 29.1:1 | 95% (581) |
| 2010-11 | 589 | N/A | N/A | 84% (497) |
| 2000-01 | 498 | 25 | 19.9:1 | 94% (470) |
| 1990-91 | 376 | 17 | 22.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Citrus Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (649 to 602); teachers up 5% (25.8 to 27.1).
About Citrus Middle
Citrus Middle is a mid-sized middle school in Orange Cove, California. Enrollment totals 602 students across grades 6 through 8.
Kings Canyon Joint Unified is made up of 21 schools with 9,696 students in all.
Citrus Middle is 97% Hispanic by enrollment. In Fresno County overall, about 55% of residents are Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 6%.
A staff of 27.1 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 22.2:1. Compared with the 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California, this school's ratio is higher. By family income, 97% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 75% average for public schools in Fresno County, the school's rate is higher.
Among California public middle schools, Citrus Middle outscored 84%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Citrus Middle would score about 22.8%. It scores 40.9%, a top-10% result among California schools on BeatsExpectations.
In Fresno County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $74,201 a year, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 14% of people live in poverty. Counting Citrus Middle, Fresno County has 368 public schools.
Citrus Middle's closest public school neighbor is Sheridan Elementary, about 0.3 miles away. The five-mile area around Citrus Middle holds 7 other public schools. Local comparison: Citrus Middle ranks 4th of 8 nearby schools, at 40.9% versus a 40.1% average.
NCES assigns Citrus Middle the locale Town: Distant, meaning in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Enrollment decreased by 5% across 4 years, from 633 in 2020-21 to 602 in 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 27.5:1 to 22.2:1 over the same years.
People can post here about open houses, carpools, and field trips and other school topics. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Fresno County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,016,725
Census ACS
Median income
$74,201
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
368
206,072 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Kings Canyon Joint Unified
- Reedley HighHigh · 1,804 students
- Orange Cove HighHigh · 635 students
- Silas BartschElementary · 606 students
- Thomas Law Reed ElementaryElementary · 558 students
- General Grant MiddleMiddle · 526 students
- Riverview ElementaryElementary · 509 students
Other schools in Orange Cove
- Orange Cove HighHigh · 635 students
- McCord ElementaryElementary · 426 students
- Sheridan ElementaryElementary · 393 students
- A. L. Conner ElementaryElementary · 308 students
Nearby schools
- Sheridan Elementary0.3 mi · 393
- Orange Cove High0.3 mi · 635
- McCord Elementary0.9 mi · 426
- A. L. Conner Elementary1.2 mi · 308
- Kings Canyon Continuation3.6 mi · 141
- Alta Elementary4.3 mi · 364
Frequently asked questions
About Citrus MiddleHow many students attend Citrus Middle?
Citrus Middle enrolls approximately 602 students in grades 06-08.
Is Citrus Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Citrus Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Citrus Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Citrus Middle is approximately 22.2:1 (27 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Citrus Middle?
At Citrus Middle, the student body is approximately 1% White, 97% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Citrus Middle in?
Citrus Middle is part of Kings Canyon Joint Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.