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Enrollment
907
Middle
DISTRICT 551 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PATTERSON JOINT UNIFIED·NCES 063003004704
Creekside Middle
535 Peregrine Dr., Patterson, CA 95363 · (209) 892-4710 · Stanislaus County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL907 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
20.4:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.4:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
717 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 7 | 457 | 50% |
| Grade 8 | 450 | 50% |
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Patterson Joint Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
31.9%
CA avg 49.1% . +0.9pp since 2014
Math
14.2%
CA avg 37.7% . -5.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 32 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 have held steady 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 | 6.3% | 25.6% | 28.4% | 39.6% |
| Math | 4.4% | 9.7% | 23.0% | 62.9% |
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 | 31.9% | 14.2% |
| 2023-24 | 29.4% | 12.8% |
| 2022-23 | 29.3% | 12.4% |
| 2021-22 | 35.5% | 13.1% |
| 2018-19 | 31.2% | 19.4% |
| 2017-18 | 35.0% | 20.4% |
| 2016-17 | 36.6% | 21.1% |
| 2015-16 | 40.0% | 20.0% |
| 2014-15 | 31.0% | 20.0% |
% 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
22.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Middle
Creekside Middle's state test result (22.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Creekside Middle this school | 907 | 79.1% | 22.1% |
| Elsinore Middle Lake Elsinore | 947 | 81.0% | 26.3% |
| Divisadero Middle Visalia | 769 | 79.5% | 25.2% |
| Southridge Tech Middle Fontana | 923 | 75.1% | 30.3% |
| Las Palmas Middle Covina | 887 | 78.7% | 43.8% |
| Los Alisos Middle Norwalk | 920 | 78.2% | 34.9% |
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 Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Stanislaus County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.1% | #993 of 1,224 | #23 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.2% | #1,041 of 1,227 ▼ 8 | #25 of 26 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.9% | #941 of 1,227 ▼ 6 | #23 of 26 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.2pp | #261 of 1,214 | #3 of 26 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 907 | #298 of 1,377 | #4 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.4:1 | #516 of 1,279 | #8 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.3% | #842 of 1,278 | #15 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.1% | #568 of 1,329 | #12 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.5% | #298 of 930 | #3 of 15 |
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
907
-211 (-19%) vs 2020
+89% since 1990-91, when it was 481
Student : Teacher
20.4:1
was 21.5:1
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 | 907 | 44.6 | 20.4:1 | 79% (717) |
| 2023-24 | 897 | 42.3 | 21.2:1 | 82% (734) |
| 2022-23 | 920 | 46.4 | 19.8:1 | 79% (724) |
| 2020-21 | 1,118 | 52 | 21.5:1 | 70% (787) |
| 2017-18 | 1,156 | 50.1 | 23.1:1 | 78% (904) |
| 2015-16 | 1,160 | 49 | 23.7:1 | 75% (873) |
| 2010-11 | 1,126 | N/A | N/A | 62% (696) |
| 2000-01 | 593 | 28 | 21.2:1 | 57% (340) |
| 1990-91 | 481 | 21 | 22.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Creekside Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (1,156 to 907); teachers down 11% (50.1 to 44.6).
About Creekside Middle
Creekside Middle serves students in Patterson, California, as a mid-sized middle school. Total enrollment is 907 students, and the grades served are 7 through 8. It has 38% more students than the average for middle schools in California (about 659).
Creekside Middle belongs to Patterson Joint Unified, a district of 11 schools and 6,064 students.
Federal enrollment data show Creekside Middle is 78% Hispanic. The next largest groups are 7% White, 5% multiracial, 5% Black, and 4% Asian. The school's Hispanic share is 28 points above the 50% share among Stanislaus County residents. A diversity index of 38% means there is a 38% chance two randomly chosen students at Creekside Middle are from different groups.
There are 44.6 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 20.4:1. The average ratio among middle schools in California is similar, at 20.7:1. On the income side, 79% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
A school with Creekside Middle's lunch-eligibility share in California is predicted to score 33.2%. Creekside Middle scores 22.1%, 11.1 points below that line.
In Stanislaus County, home to about 553,990 people, median household income comes to about $81,468, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 20%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. There are 190 public schools in the county, enrolling about 106,477, Creekside Middle among them.
Creekside Middle's closest public school neighbor is Apricot Valley Elementary, about 0.3 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 22.1% is below the 31.3% average for nearby schools.
Creekside Middle falls in the Town: Fringe locale category, used for schools in a town close to an urbanized area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 1,118 to 907, a 19% decline. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 21.5:1 in 2020-21 to 20.4:1 in 2024-25.
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Stanislaus County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
553,990
Census ACS
Median income
$81,468
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
190
106,477 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Patterson Joint Unified
- Patterson HighHigh · 1,830 students
- Apricot Valley ElementaryElementary · 788 students
- Walnut Grove ElementaryElementary · 744 students
- Las Palmas ElementaryElementary · 642 students
- Northmead ElementaryElementary · 528 students
- Grayson ElementaryElementary · 266 students
Other schools in Patterson
- Patterson HighHigh · 1,830 students
- Apricot Valley ElementaryElementary · 788 students
- Walnut Grove ElementaryElementary · 744 students
- Las Palmas ElementaryElementary · 642 students
- Northmead ElementaryElementary · 528 students
- West Valley Learning CenterElementary · 147 students
Other Creekside Middle schools
7 other US public schools in 7 states are named Creekside Middle. Creekside Middle is the 4th largest of the 8.
- Creekside MiddleCastro Valley, CA · 754 students
- Creekside Middle SchoolCarmel, IN · 1,428 students
- CREEKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOLPORT ORANGE, FL · 1,120 students
- Creekside Middle SchoolFairfield, OH · 1,111 students
- Creekside Middle SchoolWoodstock, IL · 736 students
Nearby schools
- Apricot Valley Elementary0.3 mi · 788
- Del Puerto High0.5 mi · 92
- Open Valley Independent Study0.5 mi · 100
- Northmead Elementary0.6 mi · 528
- Patterson High0.6 mi · 1,830
- Las Palmas Elementary0.8 mi · 642
Frequently asked questions
About Creekside MiddleHow large is Creekside Middle?
Creekside Middle enrolls approximately 907 students in grades 07-08.
Is Creekside Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Creekside Middle is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
How many teachers does Creekside Middle have?
Creekside Middle employs 45 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.4:1.
How diverse is Creekside Middle?
Creekside Middle reports a student body of 7% White, 78% Hispanic, 5% Black, 4% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Creekside Middle in?
Creekside Middle is part of Patterson Joint Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.