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Enrollment
662
Middle
DISTRICT 802 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CENTRAL ELEMENTARY·NCES 060795000762
Cucamonga Middle
7611 Hellman Ave., Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730 · (909) 987-1788 · San Bernardino County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL662 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 58% of California public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-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
19.5:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.9:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
473 students
DISTRICT 71% · 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 | 225 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 225 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 212 | 32% |
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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 Central Elementary. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
51.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +10.3pp since 2014
Math
28.7%
CA avg 37.7% . +0.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 10 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 17.1% | 34.3% | 25.3% | 23.4% |
| Math | 14.9% | 13.7% | 24.9% | 46.5% |
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 | 51.3% | 28.7% |
| 2023-24 | 45.0% | 26.7% |
| 2022-23 | 45.5% | 29.2% |
| 2021-22 | 48.1% | 27.7% |
| 2018-19 | 53.5% | 37.5% |
| 2017-18 | 55.1% | 38.2% |
| 2016-17 | 52.7% | 34.2% |
| 2015-16 | 47.0% | 29.0% |
| 2014-15 | 41.0% | 28.0% |
% 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
37.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 Cucamonga Middle
Cucamonga Middle's state test result (37.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cucamonga Middle this school | 662 | 71.5% | 37.8% |
| Chipman Junior High Bakersfield | 708 | 66.2% | 31.8% |
| Spring Valley Academy Spring Valley | 597 | 77.4% | 27.4% |
| Tevis Junior High Bakersfield | 807 | 73.7% | 38.3% |
| Octavia E. Butler Magnet Pasadena | 481 | 70.3% | 25.3% |
| Sierra Middle Stockton | 591 | 72.4% | 39.1% |
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 Cucamonga Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Bernardino County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.8% | #564 of 1,224 | #24 of 76 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.7% | #627 of 1,227 ▼ 5 | #23 of 76 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.3% | #461 of 1,227 ▲ 80 | #20 of 76 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.1pp | #612 of 1,214 | #46 of 73 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 662 | #660 of 1,377 | #51 of 79 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.5:1 | #383 of 1,279 | #19 of 74 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.3% | #692 of 1,278 | #32 of 74 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.5% | #706 of 1,329 | #51 of 77 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.2% | #494 of 930 | #29 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
662
-72 (-10%) vs 2020
-42% since 1990-91, when it was 1,137
Student : Teacher
19.5:1
was 20.4:1
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 | 662 | 34 | 19.5:1 | 71% (473) |
| 2023-24 | 691 | 33.4 | 20.7:1 | 77% (530) |
| 2022-23 | 650 | 33.4 | 19.4:1 | 68% (441) |
| 2020-21 | 734 | 36 | 20.4:1 | 61% (447) |
| 2017-18 | 781 | 35 | 22.3:1 | 67% (526) |
| 2015-16 | 815 | 34 | 24.0:1 | 61% (496) |
| 2010-11 | 901 | N/A | N/A | 58% (524) |
| 2000-01 | 964 | 42 | 22.9:1 | 34% (330) |
| 1990-91 | 1,137 | 49 | 23.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cucamonga Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (781 to 662); teachers down 3% (35 to 34).
About Cucamonga Middle
Cucamonga Middle is a medium-sized middle school in Rancho Cucamonga, California, (ZIP code 91730). The school's 662 students are in grades 6 through 8.
Central Elementary (7 schools, 4,317 students) runs Cucamonga Middle.
Hispanic students are the majority at Cucamonga Middle, with 70% of enrollment. The school is also 15% White, 8% Black, 4% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 55%. The school's diversity index is 48%, meaning two students picked at random have a 48% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Cucamonga Middle employs 34 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 19.5:1. This ratio sits 1.2 below the 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 71% in 2024-25. For comparison, public schools in San Bernardino County average 74%.
Cucamonga Middle is graded B by allk12, scoring above 58% of California public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Cucamonga Middle is within a point of the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 37.8% actual, 37.7% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in California.
San Bernardino County census figures show that the median household income is $85,478, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. There are 583 public schools in San Bernardino County, enrolling about 393,648 students in all.
Of nearby public schools, Central Elementary is the closest, at about 0.7 miles. Cucamonga Middle has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 41.0%, higher than Cucamonga Middle's 37.8%.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment declined 10% from its 2020-21 level of 734.
To ask about science fairs, picture day, and bus routes, start a discussion on this page. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Central Elementary
- Ruth Musser MiddleMiddle · 941 students
- Coyote Canyon ElementaryElementary · 817 students
- Dona Merced ElementaryElementary · 547 students
- Valle Vista ElementaryElementary · 471 students
- Bear Gulch ElementaryElementary · 443 students
- Central ElementaryElementary · 436 students
Other schools in Rancho Cucamonga
- Rancho Cucamonga HighHigh · 3,221 students
- Los Osos HighHigh · 2,759 students
- Ruth Musser MiddleMiddle · 941 students
- Terra Vista ElementaryElementary · 855 students
- Coyote Canyon ElementaryElementary · 817 students
- Rancho Cucamonga MiddleMiddle · 770 students
Nearby schools
- Central Elementary0.7 mi · 436
- Alta Loma Elementary0.7 mi · 328
- Alta Loma High0.8 mi · 2,386
- Valle Vista Elementary1.0 mi · 471
- Bear Gulch Elementary1.0 mi · 443
- Carnelian Elementary1.1 mi · 441
Frequently asked questions
About Cucamonga MiddleHow large is Cucamonga Middle?
Cucamonga Middle enrolls approximately 662 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Cucamonga Middle serve?
Cucamonga Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Cucamonga Middle have?
Cucamonga Middle employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cucamonga Middle?
At Cucamonga Middle, the student body is approximately 15% White, 70% Hispanic, 8% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Cucamonga Middle public or private?
Cucamonga Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Central Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.