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Enrollment
906
Middle
DISTRICT 956 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SYLVAN UNION ELEMENTARY·NCES 063867011498
Daniel J. Savage Middle
1900 Maid Mariane Ln., Modesto, CA 95355 · (209) 552-3300 · Stanislaus County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL906 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 52% of California public middle schools
- BTest 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.
- 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
21.3:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.9:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
477 students
DISTRICT 67% · 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 | 275 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 310 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 321 | 35% |
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
49.9%
CA avg 49.1% . -3.1pp since 2014
Math
35.4%
CA avg 37.7% . -4.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 down about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 17.4% | 32.5% | 26.8% | 23.4% |
| Math | 17.4% | 18.1% | 27.7% | 36.9% |
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 | 49.9% | 35.4% |
| 2023-24 | 49.5% | 35.6% |
| 2022-23 | 47.8% | 35.1% |
| 2021-22 | 51.3% | 28.8% |
| 2018-19 | 58.3% | 44.5% |
| 2017-18 | 58.8% | 43.2% |
| 2016-17 | 60.8% | 42.3% |
| 2015-16 | 59.0% | 40.0% |
| 2014-15 | 53.0% | 40.0% |
% 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
42.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Daniel J. Savage Middle
Daniel J. Savage Middle's state test result (42.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel J. Savage Middle this school | 906 | 52.6% | 42.6% |
| Frank Augustus Miller Middle Riverside | 844 | 56.9% | 55.4% |
| Serrano Intermediate Lake Forest | 868 | 48.7% | 52.9% |
| Pioneer Junior High Upland | 771 | 50.5% | 57.2% |
| Margarita Middle Temecula | 731 | 54.7% | 40.1% |
| Moore Middle Redlands | 988 | 57.3% | 43.4% |
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 Daniel J. Savage Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Stanislaus County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.6% | #465 of 1,224 | #3 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.4% | #490 of 1,227 ▼ 49 | #4 of 26 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.9% | #494 of 1,227 ▼ 39 | #3 of 26 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.6pp | #559 of 1,214 | #16 of 26 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 906 | #299 of 1,377 | #5 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.3:1 | #679 of 1,279 | #14 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.5% | #244 of 1,278 | #1 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.6% | #916 of 1,329 | #24 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.3% | #225 of 257 | #8 of 8 |
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
906
+40 (+5%) vs 2020
-13% since 2010-11, when it was 1,045
Student : Teacher
21.3:1
was 21.1:1
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 | 906 | 42.5 | 21.3:1 | 53% (477) |
| 2023-24 | 901 | 41.5 | 21.7:1 | 41% (368) |
| 2022-23 | 863 | 40.4 | 21.4:1 | 46% (397) |
| 2020-21 | 866 | 41 | 21.1:1 | 36% (312) |
| 2017-18 | 894 | 37.8 | 23.7:1 | 44% (395) |
| 2015-16 | 906 | 39 | 23.2:1 | 39% (350) |
| 2010-11 | 1,045 | N/A | N/A | 43% (446) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Daniel J. Savage Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (894 to 906); teachers up 13% (37.8 to 42.5).
About Daniel J. Savage Middle
Daniel J. Savage Middle is a middle-grades school in Modesto, California, according to federal school records. The student body numbers 906 students, from grades 6 through 8. An average school in this group (middle schools in California) has about 659 students.
The 13 schools in Sylvan Union Elementary enroll 7,974 students altogether, Daniel J. Savage Middle among them.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at Daniel J. Savage Middle is Hispanic (48%). Other groups make up 29% White, 10% Asian, 8% multiracial, and 3% Black. County-wide, about 50% of residents are Hispanic. Daniel J. Savage Middle has a diversity index of 66%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Daniel J. Savage Middle counts 42.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 21.3 students for each one. Across middle schools in California, the average ratio is about 20.7:1. About 53% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. For comparison, public schools in Stanislaus County average 71%.
Daniel J. Savage Middle is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 52% of California public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The model predicts 48.7% for a school in California with Daniel J. Savage Middle's free or reduced-price lunch share. Daniel J. Savage Middle posts 42.6%.
Within Stanislaus County, median household income is about $81,468, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 20% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Federal data list 190 public schools in Stanislaus County, with a combined enrollment of about 106,477.
The nearest other public school, Freedom Elementary, is about 0.2 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Daniel J. Savage Middle is 7th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Under the NCES locale system, Daniel J. Savage Middle is City: Mid-size.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count climbed from 866 to 906.
Questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Sylvan Union Elementary
- Elizabeth Ustach MiddleMiddle · 1,016 students
- Somerset MiddleMiddle · 947 students
- Crossroads ElementaryElementary · 752 students
- Freedom ElementaryElementary · 713 students
- Orchard ElementaryElementary · 579 students
- Mary Ann Sanders ElementaryElementary · 558 students
Other schools in Modesto
- Joseph A. Gregori HighHigh · 2,346 students
- James C. Enochs HighHigh · 2,304 students
- Modesto HighHigh · 2,292 students
- Thomas Downey HighHigh · 2,192 students
- Grace M. Davis HighHigh · 2,083 students
- Peter Johansen HighHigh · 2,029 students
Nearby schools
- Freedom Elementary0.2 mi · 713
- Christine Sipherd Elementary0.6 mi · 505
- Mary Ann Sanders Elementary0.8 mi · 558
- Lakewood Elementary1.2 mi · 395
- Elizabeth Ustach Middle1.2 mi · 1,016
- Sonoma Elementary1.3 mi · 536
Frequently asked questions
About Daniel J. Savage MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Daniel J. Savage Middle?
Daniel J. Savage Middle enrolls approximately 906 students in grades 06-08.
Is Daniel J. Savage Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Daniel J. Savage Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Daniel J. Savage Middle have?
Daniel J. Savage Middle employs 43 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Daniel J. Savage Middle?
Student demographics at Daniel J. Savage Middle are roughly 29% White, 48% Hispanic, 3% Black, 10% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Daniel J. Savage Middle public or private?
Daniel J. Savage Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Sylvan Union Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.