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What's the most underrated thing about Clifton Middle that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
634
Middle
DISTRICT 529 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONROVIA UNIFIED·NCES 062532003777
Clifton Middle
226 South Ivy Ave., Monrovia, CA 91016 · (626) 471-2600 · Los Angeles County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL634 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 83% of California public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
22.6:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.9:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
382 students
DISTRICT 65% · 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 | 224 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 224 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 186 | 29% |
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
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
63.6%
CA avg 49.1% . +2.6pp since 2014
Math
45.4%
CA avg 37.7% . +5.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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 3 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 29.6% | 34.1% | 19.3% | 17.1% |
| Math | 27.5% | 17.9% | 21.1% | 33.5% |
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 | 63.6% | 45.4% |
| 2023-24 | 65.5% | 46.6% |
| 2022-23 | 64.2% | 44.9% |
| 2021-22 | 63.8% | 42.3% |
| 2020-21 | 56.5% | 41.9% |
| 2018-19 | 60.9% | 39.7% |
| 2017-18 | 63.6% | 42.7% |
| 2016-17 | 69.2% | 44.8% |
| 2015-16 | 68.0% | 41.0% |
| 2014-15 | 61.0% | 40.0% |
% 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
55.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Clifton Middle
Clifton Middle's state test result (55.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clifton Middle this school | 634 | 60.3% | 55.4% |
| Herbert Slater Middle Santa Rosa | 577 | 60.1% | 18.9% |
| Herbert H. Cruickshank Middle Merced | 624 | 58.5% | 35.9% |
| Ladera Vista Junior High School of the Arts Fullerton | 820 | 62.6% | 44.3% |
| Rancho-Starbuck Intermediate Whittier | 687 | 57.2% | 53.7% |
| Roosevelt International Middle San Diego | 760 | 61.1% | 39.5% |
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 Clifton Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.4% | #274 of 1,224 | #57 of 248 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.4% | #327 of 1,227 ▼ 29 | #72 of 248 ▼ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.6% | #274 of 1,227 ▼ 50 | #58 of 248 ▼ 12 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.5pp | #683 of 1,214 | #172 of 247 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 634 | #705 of 1,377 | #163 of 317 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.6:1 | #908 of 1,279 | #188 of 301 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.4% | #540 of 1,278 | #73 of 301 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.3% | #831 of 1,329 | #235 of 312 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.0% | #759 of 930 | #180 of 213 |
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
634
-68 (-10%) vs 2020
+3% since 1990-91, when it was 617
Student : Teacher
22.6:1
was 23.4:1
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 | 634 | 28.1 | 22.6:1 | 60% (382) |
| 2023-24 | 587 | 25.3 | 23.2:1 | 58% (339) |
| 2022-23 | 589 | 26.2 | 22.4:1 | 42% (248) |
| 2020-21 | 702 | 30 | 23.4:1 | 56% (395) |
| 2017-18 | 682 | 28.7 | 23.8:1 | 56% (381) |
| 2015-16 | 646 | 27 | 23.9:1 | 53% (342) |
| 2010-11 | 712 | N/A | N/A | 50% (358) |
| 2000-01 | 743 | 31 | 24.0:1 | 48% (356) |
| 1990-91 | 617 | 25 | 24.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Clifton Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (682 to 634); teachers down 2% (28.7 to 28.1).
About Clifton Middle
Clifton Middle is a mid-sized middle-grades school in Monrovia, California. The school offers grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 634 students.
Monrovia Unified has 10 schools and 4,920 students, and Clifton Middle is one of those schools.
At Clifton Middle, 63% of students are Hispanic. It is also 20% White, 6% Asian, 6% multiracial, and 5% Black. For comparison, the population of Los Angeles County is roughly 48% Hispanic. The diversity index for Clifton Middle is 55%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Staffing at Clifton Middle comes to 28.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 22.6:1. Middle schools in California average 20.7:1, 1.8 fewer students per teacher than here. Clifton Middle counts 60% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Los Angeles County average 70%.
Clifton Middle earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 83% of California public middle schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Clifton Middle, the prediction is 44.2% and the result is 55.4%.
In Los Angeles County, home to about 9,808,667 people, the median household earns about $90,112 a year, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Clifton Middle shares Los Angeles County with 2,243 other public schools.
Among nearby public schools, Wild Rose School of Creative is closest at about 0.3 miles. Clifton Middle is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 41.6% proficiency; Clifton Middle posts 55.4%.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment fell 10% over 4 years, reaching 634 in 2024-25.
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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 Monrovia Unified
- Monrovia HighHigh · 1,455 students
- Plymouth ElementaryElementary · 547 students
- Mayflower ElementaryElementary · 524 students
- Monroe ElementaryElementary · 452 students
- Santa Fe Computer Science MagnetMiddle · 424 students
- Wild Rose School of CreativeElementary · 416 students
Other schools in Monrovia
- Monrovia HighHigh · 1,455 students
- Plymouth ElementaryElementary · 547 students
- Mayflower ElementaryElementary · 524 students
- Monroe ElementaryElementary · 452 students
- Santa Fe Computer Science MagnetMiddle · 424 students
- Wild Rose School of CreativeElementary · 416 students
Other Clifton Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Clifton Middle. Clifton Middle is the largest of the 3.
- Clifton Middle SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 363 students
- Clifton Middle SchoolCLIFTON, TX · 235 students
Nearby schools
- Wild Rose School of Creative0.3 mi · 416
- Monroe Elementary0.6 mi · 452
- Mayflower Elementary0.7 mi · 524
- Bradoaks Elementary Science Academy0.8 mi · 368
- Mountain Park0.9 mi · 51
- Canyon Oaks High0.9 mi · 49
Frequently asked questions
About Clifton MiddleHow many students attend Clifton Middle?
Clifton Middle enrolls approximately 634 students in grades 06-08.
Is Clifton Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Clifton Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Clifton Middle have?
Clifton Middle employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Clifton Middle?
Student demographics at Clifton Middle are roughly 20% White, 63% Hispanic, 5% Black, 6% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Clifton Middle in?
Clifton Middle is part of Monrovia Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.