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What's one thing Coalinga Middle gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
662
Middle
DISTRICT 503 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COALINGA-HURON UNIFIED·NCES 060912007686
Coalinga Middle
265 Cambridge Ave., Coalinga, CA 93210 · (559) 935-7550 · Fresno County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL662 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 2% of California public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
19.4:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.4:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
524 students
DISTRICT 80% · 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 | 206 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 224 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 232 | 35% |
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 24% · 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
21.1%
CA avg 49.1% . -2.9pp since 2014
Math
10.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +1.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 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 up about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 5.1% | 16.0% | 24.5% | 54.4% |
| Math | 4.0% | 7.0% | 21.4% | 67.7% |
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 | 21.1% | 10.9% |
| 2023-24 | 15.8% | 8.3% |
| 2022-23 | 15.5% | 6.3% |
| 2021-22 | 24.4% | 10.9% |
| 2018-19 | 33.8% | 14.5% |
| 2017-18 | 29.1% | 12.3% |
| 2016-17 | 29.8% | 12.7% |
| 2015-16 | 25.0% | 10.0% |
| 2014-15 | 24.0% | 9.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
14.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 14% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 33% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Coalinga Middle
Coalinga Middle's state test result (14.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coalinga Middle this school | 662 | 79.2% | 14.1% |
| Lompoc Valley Middle Lompoc | 744 | 82.0% | 19.5% |
| Hillview Middle Whittier | 643 | 75.3% | 46.0% |
| John Gutierrez Middle Salinas | 568 | 80.5% | 23.6% |
| Yolo Junior High Newman | 738 | 74.3% | 25.6% |
| Santa Barbara Junior High Santa Barbara | 512 | 79.7% | 28.5% |
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 Coalinga Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Fresno County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.1% | #1,162 of 1,224 | #37 of 40 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.9% | #1,121 of 1,227 ▲ 33 | #35 of 40 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.1% | #1,147 of 1,227 ▲ 42 | #36 of 40 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.6pp | #228 of 1,214 | #6 of 40 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 662 | #661 of 1,377 | #20 of 42 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.4:1 | #368 of 1,279 | #15 of 38 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.7% | #968 of 1,278 | #26 of 38 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.2% | #567 of 1,329 | #27 of 40 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.4% | #174 of 257 | #8 of 14 |
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
662
-14 (-2%) vs 2020
+34% since 1990-91, when it was 495
Student : Teacher
19.4:1
was 22.5:1
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 | 662 | 34.2 | 19.4:1 | 79% (524) |
| 2023-24 | 675 | 32.3 | 20.9:1 | 84% (566) |
| 2022-23 | 684 | 33 | 20.7:1 | 84% (575) |
| 2020-21 | 676 | 30 | 22.5:1 | 86% (581) |
| 2017-18 | 640 | 26 | 24.6:1 | 74% (471) |
| 2015-16 | 633 | 25 | 25.3:1 | 72% (454) |
| 2010-11 | 672 | N/A | N/A | 72% (482) |
| 2000-01 | 691 | 28 | 24.7:1 | 50% (348) |
| 1990-91 | 495 | 19 | 26.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Coalinga Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (640 to 662); teachers up 31% (26 to 34.2).
About Coalinga Middle
Coalinga Middle is a mid-sized middle school in California, located in Coalinga. The school runs grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 662 students.
Coalinga Middle is one school in an 11-school district, Coalinga-Huron Unified, which enrolls 4,406 students.
The share of Hispanic students at Coalinga Middle is 84%. Other groups include 11% White and 3% multiracial. The county population is about 55% Hispanic. The diversity index for Coalinga Middle is 28%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Coalinga Middle is 19.4:1, based on 34.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in California is 20.7:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. Coalinga Middle counts 79% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Coalinga Middle earns an F on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 2% of California public middle schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Coalinga Middle is -19.1 points, in the bottom 10% of California. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 14.1%, and the predicted rate is 33.2%.
In Fresno County, the median household earns about $74,201 a year, about 24% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 14% of residents are in poverty. Fresno County has 368 public schools with about 206,072 students, including Coalinga Middle.
Of the public schools around it, Coalinga Middle is closest to Miles W. Culwell Community Day, about 0.1 miles away. Coalinga Middle has 7 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Coalinga Middle at 4th of 5.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Town: Remote: in a town far from an urbanized area.
Coalinga Middle had 676 students in 2020-21 and 662 in 2024-25, nearly the same. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 22.5:1 to 19.4:1.
The Coalinga Middle discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 Coalinga-Huron Unified
- Coalinga HighHigh · 1,256 students
- Huron ElementaryElementary · 723 students
- Sunset ElementaryElementary · 442 students
- Henry F. Bishop ElementaryElementary · 412 students
- Nell Dawson ElementaryElementary · 405 students
- Huron MiddleMiddle · 344 students
Other schools in Coalinga
- Coalinga HighHigh · 1,256 students
- Sunset ElementaryElementary · 442 students
- Henry F. Bishop ElementaryElementary · 412 students
- Nell Dawson ElementaryElementary · 405 students
- Annie E. Cheney KindergartenElementary · 74 students
- Cambridge HighHigh · 48 students
Nearby schools
- Miles W. Culwell Community Day0.1 mi · 5
- Henry F. Bishop Elementary0.2 mi · 412
- Nell Dawson Elementary0.3 mi · 405
- Cambridge High0.3 mi · 48
- Sunset Elementary0.4 mi · 442
- Coalinga High0.5 mi · 1,256
Frequently asked questions
About Coalinga MiddleHow many students attend Coalinga Middle?
Coalinga Middle enrolls approximately 662 students in grades 06-08.
Is Coalinga Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Coalinga Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Coalinga Middle have?
Coalinga Middle employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Coalinga Middle?
Student demographics at Coalinga Middle are roughly 11% White, 84% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Coalinga Middle in?
Coalinga Middle is part of Coalinga-Huron Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.