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What's something Colton Middle does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
870
Middle
DISTRICT 747 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COLTON JOINT UNIFIED·NCES 060939000947
Colton Middle
670 West Laurel St., Colton, CA 92324 · (909) 580-5009 · San Bernardino County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL870 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.9:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.4:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
807 students
DISTRICT 85% · 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 7 | 430 | 49% |
| Grade 8 | 440 | 51% |
Student demographics
9%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
26.4%
CA avg 49.1% . -6.6pp since 2014
Math
12.1%
CA avg 37.7% . -5.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 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 7 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 4.6% | 21.8% | 29.8% | 43.8% |
| Math | 3.4% | 8.7% | 27.6% | 60.3% |
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 | 26.4% | 12.1% |
| 2023-24 | 25.7% | 14.0% |
| 2022-23 | 21.0% | 9.3% |
| 2021-22 | 22.6% | 11.4% |
| 2020-21 | 32.4% | 11.3% |
| 2018-19 | 30.9% | 20.9% |
| 2017-18 | 32.5% | 23.1% |
| 2016-17 | 31.7% | 22.1% |
| 2015-16 | 25.0% | 13.0% |
| 2014-15 | 33.0% | 18.0% |
% 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
19.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 Colton Middle
Colton Middle's state test result (19.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colton Middle this school | 870 | 92.8% | 19.5% |
| Jack G. Desmond Middle Madera | 838 | 93.6% | 23.2% |
| Pacoima Middle Pacoima | 823 | 91.9% | 31.2% |
| Sequoia Middle Fontana | 791 | 93.8% | 28.1% |
| Cesar Chavez Middle Lynwood | 882 | 95.4% | 21.6% |
| El Sereno Middle Los Angeles | 857 | 91.8% | 41.3% |
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 Colton Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Bernardino County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.5% | #1,063 of 1,224 | #60 of 76 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.1% | #1,091 of 1,227 ▼ 94 | #61 of 76 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.4% | #1,071 of 1,227 ▼ 32 | #61 of 76 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.3pp | #589 of 1,214 | #45 of 73 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 870 | #336 of 1,377 | #28 of 79 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.9:1 | #796 of 1,279 | #44 of 74 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 8.9% | #1,179 of 1,278 | #73 of 74 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.8% | #191 of 1,329 | #11 of 77 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.9% | #472 of 930 | #28 of 56 |
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
870
-83 (-9%) vs 2020
+8% since 1990-91, when it was 805
Student : Teacher
21.9:1
was 20.3:1
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 | 870 | 39.6 | 21.9:1 | 93% (807) |
| 2023-24 | 845 | 40.9 | 20.7:1 | 91% (771) |
| 2022-23 | 835 | 38.6 | 21.6:1 | 86% (720) |
| 2020-21 | 953 | 47 | 20.3:1 | 96% (912) |
| 2017-18 | 1,034 | 46.8 | 22.1:1 | 91% (937) |
| 2015-16 | 1,021 | 46 | 22.2:1 | 88% (902) |
| 2010-11 | 1,021 | N/A | N/A | 82% (834) |
| 2000-01 | 1,031 | 36 | 28.6:1 | 49% (507) |
| 1990-91 | 805 | 31 | 26.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Colton Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (1,034 to 870); teachers down 15% (46.8 to 39.6).
About Colton Middle
Colton Middle is a mid-sized middle school that serves part of Colton, California. It had 870 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 7 through 8. Middle schools in California average about 659 students, which makes this school 32% above average.
Colton Joint Unified serves 18,397 students across 27 schools.
Roughly 95% of students at Colton Middle are Hispanic. Among people living in San Bernardino County, the Hispanic share is about 55%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Colton Middle scores 9%.
There are 39.6 full-time-equivalent teachers at Colton Middle, giving a ratio of 21.9:1. Middle schools in California average 20.7:1, 1.2 fewer students per teacher than here. A total of 807 students, or 93%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 74% average for public schools in San Bernardino County.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Colton Middle would score about 25.2%. It scores 19.5%, 5.7 points below that figure.
Looking at the county, San Bernardino County, median household income comes to about $85,478, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 23% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. The county's public schools total 583, with about 393,648 students.
Ulysses Grant Elementary is about 0.3 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. On average proficiency, Colton Middle is 8th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Colton Middle had a net loss of 83 students, or 9%. The school's ratio increased from 20.3:1 to 21.9:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Colton Middle has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
San Bernardino County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,197,104
Census ACS
Median income
$85,478
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
583
393,648 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Colton Joint Unified
- Bloomington HighHigh · 1,794 students
- Colton HighHigh · 1,729 students
- Grand Terrace High Sch at the Ray Abril Jr. Edal ComplexHigh · 1,647 students
- Terrace Hills MiddleMiddle · 852 students
- Joe BacaMiddle · 705 students
- Alice Birney ElementaryElementary · 681 students
Other schools in Colton
- Colton HighHigh · 1,729 students
- William G. Jehue MiddleMiddle · 1,444 students
- Mojave River Academy - National TrailsCombined · 801 students
- Alice Birney ElementaryElementary · 681 students
- Dr. Ernest Garcia ElementaryElementary · 608 students
- Georgia F. Morris ElementaryElementary · 604 students
Other Colton Middle schools
One other US public school is named Colton Middle. Colton Middle is the largest of the 2.
- Colton Middle SchoolColton, OR · 110 students
Nearby schools
- Ulysses Grant Elementary0.3 mi · 589
- Paul Rogers Elementary0.4 mi · 602
- William McKinley Elementary0.5 mi · 495
- Colton High0.7 mi · 1,729
- Dr. Ernest Garcia Elementary0.9 mi · 608
- Abraham Lincoln Elementary0.9 mi · 587
Frequently asked questions
About Colton MiddleHow many students attend Colton Middle?
Colton Middle enrolls approximately 870 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Colton Middle serve?
Colton Middle serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Colton Middle?
Approximately 21.9:1 students per teacher at Colton Middle.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Colton Middle?
At Colton Middle, the student body is approximately 2% White, 95% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is Colton Middle public or private?
Colton Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Colton Joint Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.