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If you could change one rule at Creekside Junior High, what would it be?
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Enrollment
812
Middle
DISTRICT 875 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS BANOS UNIFIED·NCES 062274013964
Creekside Junior High
1401 Prairie Springs Dr., Los Banos, CA 93635 · (209) 826-1005 · Merced County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL812 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 7% 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.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-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
19.8:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.6:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
687 students
DISTRICT 83% · 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 | 416 | 51% |
| Grade 8 | 396 | 49% |
Student demographics
26%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 23% · 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
22.6%
CA avg 49.1% . -6.1pp since 2016
Math
14.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +5.3pp since 2016
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 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 6 points since 2016, 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 | 5.5% | 17.0% | 26.2% | 51.2% |
| Math | 5.8% | 8.4% | 25.3% | 60.4% |
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 | 22.6% | 14.3% |
| 2023-24 | 24.4% | 15.1% |
| 2022-23 | 25.6% | 15.2% |
| 2021-22 | 32.6% | 13.9% |
| 2018-19 | 32.5% | 15.3% |
| 2017-18 | 35.3% | 11.9% |
| 2016-17 | 28.7% | 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
19.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 Creekside Junior High
Creekside Junior High's state test result (19.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Creekside Junior High this school | 812 | 84.6% | 19.1% |
| Rincon Middle Escondido | 772 | 83.0% | 31.9% |
| Lompoc Valley Middle Lompoc | 744 | 82.0% | 19.5% |
| La Quinta Middle La Quinta | 709 | 85.3% | 28.4% |
| Los Banos Junior High Los Banos | 938 | 84.3% | 25.2% |
| Desert Ridge Academy Indio | 962 | 81.5% | 22.7% |
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 Creekside Junior High ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Merced County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.1% | #1,074 of 1,224 | #14 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.3% | #1,039 of 1,227 ▼ 79 | #13 of 16 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.6% | #1,128 of 1,227 ▼ 57 | #14 of 16 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.8pp | #76 of 1,214 | #2 of 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 812 | #422 of 1,377 | #3 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.8:1 | #441 of 1,279 | #5 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.4% | #984 of 1,278 | #9 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.6% | #422 of 1,329 | #9 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.4% | #248 of 257 | #7 of 7 |
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
812
-34 (-4%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
19.8:1
was 22.9:1
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 | 812 | 41 | 19.8:1 | 85% (687) |
| 2023-24 | 823 | 39.4 | 20.9:1 | 70% (573) |
| 2022-23 | 817 | 40.3 | 20.3:1 | 75% (612) |
| 2020-21 | 846 | 37 | 22.9:1 | 67% (568) |
| 2017-18 | 809 | 33.1 | 24.5:1 | 65% (524) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Creekside Junior High.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (809 to 812); teachers up 24% (33.1 to 41).
About Creekside Junior High
Creekside Junior High is a medium-sized middle school. Its address is in Los Banos, California. A total of 812 students attend the school, which covers grades 7 through 8. The average for middle schools in California is about 659 students, so this school is 23% larger than average.
Creekside Junior High falls under Los Banos Unified, which has 16 schools enrolling 11,020 students.
The large majority of students at Creekside Junior High, 85%, are Hispanic. Other reported shares: 11% White. Merced County's residents are about 63% Hispanic, 22 points below the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at Creekside Junior High belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 26%.
Creekside Junior High employs 41 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 19.8:1. That ratio is under the 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 85% in 2024-25.
The allk12 Grade for Creekside Junior High is D. Compared with California public middle schools, the school scored higher than 7% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 19.1%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 30.0%.
Within Merced County, median household income is about $65,510, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 15%, and roughly 16% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Merced County number 117 and enroll about 59,456.
The next-closest public school is Crossroads Alternative Education Center, about 0.6 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Creekside Junior High. On proficiency, Creekside Junior High is behind the 28.1% nearby average, ranking 6th of 6.
Federal data place Creekside Junior High in the Town: Distant locale, which means it is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Creekside Junior High had 846 students in 2020-21 and 812 in 2024-25, a 4% decrease. Its ratio of students to teachers was 22.9:1 in 2020-21, and 19.8:1 in 2024-25.
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Merced County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
290,201
Census ACS
Median income
$65,510
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
117
59,456 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Los Banos Unified
- Pacheco HighHigh · 1,725 students
- Los Banos HighHigh · 1,543 students
- Los Banos Junior HighMiddle · 938 students
- Grasslands ElementaryElementary · 884 students
- R. M. Miano ElementaryElementary · 778 students
- Henry Miller ElementaryElementary · 676 students
Other schools in Los Banos
- Pacheco HighHigh · 1,725 students
- Los Banos HighHigh · 1,543 students
- Los Banos Junior HighMiddle · 938 students
- Grasslands ElementaryElementary · 884 students
- R. M. Miano ElementaryElementary · 778 students
- Henry Miller ElementaryElementary · 676 students
Other Creekside Junior High schools
One other US public school is named Creekside Junior High. Creekside Junior High is the largest of the 2.
- Creekside Junior HighPearl River, LA · 447 students
Nearby schools
- Crossroads Alternative Education Center0.6 mi · 183
- Henry Miller Elementary1.0 mi · 676
- Valley Los Banos Community1.4 mi · 160
- Westside Union Elementary1.6 mi · 573
- Los Banos Elementary1.7 mi · 622
- Los Banos High2.0 mi · 1,543
Frequently asked questions
About Creekside Junior HighHow large is Creekside Junior High?
Creekside Junior High enrolls approximately 812 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Creekside Junior High serve?
Creekside Junior High serves grades 07-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Creekside Junior High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Creekside Junior High is approximately 19.8:1 (41 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Creekside Junior High?
Student demographics at Creekside Junior High are roughly 11% White, 85% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Creekside Junior High?
Creekside Junior High is overseen by Los Banos Unified in Merced County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.