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Enrollment
903
Middle
DISTRICT 986 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UNION ELEMENTARY·NCES 064032006671
Dartmouth Middle
5575 Dartmouth Dr., San Jose, CA 95118 · (408) 264-1122 · Santa Clara County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL903 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 65% of California public middle schools
- ATest 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.
- C-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
21.6:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.8:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
157 students
DISTRICT 12% · 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 | 288 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 315 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 300 | 33% |
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
66.1%
CA avg 49.1% . -1.9pp since 2014
Math
63.4%
CA avg 37.7% . +2.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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 2 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 33.9% | 32.2% | 16.3% | 17.6% |
| Math | 48.1% | 15.3% | 15.5% | 21.0% |
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 | 66.1% | 63.4% |
| 2023-24 | 64.8% | 63.8% |
| 2022-23 | 63.5% | 60.8% |
| 2021-22 | 67.7% | 63.3% |
| 2018-19 | 75.2% | 68.3% |
| 2017-18 | 76.1% | 67.1% |
| 2016-17 | 77.3% | 68.3% |
| 2015-16 | 74.0% | 69.0% |
| 2014-15 | 68.0% | 61.0% |
% 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
64.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 Dartmouth Middle
Dartmouth Middle's state test result (64.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dartmouth Middle this school | 903 | 17.4% | 64.4% |
| Sunnyvale Middle Sunnyvale | 1,053 | 16.8% | 62.0% |
| Frank S. Greene Jr. Middle Palo Alto | 732 | 16.9% | 76.4% |
| Pleasanton Middle Pleasanton | 944 | 14.7% | 67.1% |
| Rolling Hills Middle Los Gatos | 778 | 18.9% | 70.7% |
| Lincoln Middle Alameda | 971 | 20.2% | 72.8% |
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 Dartmouth Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Clara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.4% | #175 of 1,224 | #23 of 56 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.4% | #148 of 1,227 ▼ 17 | #19 of 56 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.1% | #236 of 1,227 ▼ 3 | #25 of 56 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.7pp | #316 of 1,214 | #16 of 56 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 903 | #303 of 1,377 | #10 of 66 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.6:1 | #735 of 1,279 | #46 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.3% | #106 of 1,278 | #8 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.4% | #1,245 of 1,329 | #51 of 66 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.1% | #813 of 930 | #49 of 53 |
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
903
-63 (-7%) vs 2020
+35% since 1990-91, when it was 671
Student : Teacher
21.6:1
was 21.9:1
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 | 903 | 41.8 | 21.6:1 | 17% (157) |
| 2023-24 | 850 | 40.2 | 21.1:1 | 16% (138) |
| 2022-23 | 824 | 36.2 | 22.8:1 | 15% (126) |
| 2020-21 | 966 | 44 | 21.9:1 | 16% (150) |
| 2017-18 | 952 | 41 | 23.2:1 | 19% (181) |
| 2015-16 | 911 | 41 | 22.2:1 | 17% (151) |
| 2010-11 | 744 | N/A | N/A | 18% (134) |
| 2000-01 | 853 | 37 | 23.1:1 | 13% (109) |
| 1990-91 | 671 | 33 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dartmouth Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (952 to 903); teachers up 2% (41 to 41.8).
About Dartmouth Middle
Dartmouth Middle, a medium-sized middle school, is located in San Jose, California. The student body numbers 903 students, from grades 6 through 8. An average school in this group (middle schools in California) has about 659 students.
Dartmouth Middle sits within Union Elementary, which has 8 schools and 5,376 students.
Enrollment at Dartmouth Middle is mixed, with Asian students the largest group at 36%. Beyond that, enrollment is 31% White, 23% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. By the diversity index, Dartmouth Middle comes in at 71%.
Teachers at the school number 41.8 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 21.6:1. Among middle schools in California, the typical ratio is 20.7:1. The school's lunch program data list 17% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Among public schools in Santa Clara County, the average eligibility rate is 37%.
Dartmouth Middle is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 65% of California public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Compared with California schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Dartmouth Middle's results are 5.0 points below predicted: 64.4% against 69.3%.
Santa Clara County census figures show that median household income is about $164,281, about 57% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. A total of 412 public schools operate in Santa Clara County, serving about 230,059 students.
Nearest public school: Lietz Elementary, about 0.4 miles away. The five-mile area around Dartmouth Middle holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 64.5% on proficiency, and Dartmouth Middle is below that at 64.4%.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count declined from 966 to 903.
The discussion area below is open to posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Santa Clara County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,902,047
Census ACS
Median income
$164,281
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
412
230,059 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Union Elementary
- Union MiddleMiddle · 1,068 students
- Carlton ElementaryElementary · 656 students
- Oster ElementaryElementary · 627 students
- Alta Vista ElementaryElementary · 584 students
- Guadalupe ElementaryElementary · 537 students
- Lietz ElementaryElementary · 501 students
Other schools in San Jose
- Evergreen Valley HighHigh · 2,703 students
- Independence HighHigh · 2,289 students
- Silver Creek HighHigh · 2,139 students
- Santa Teresa HighHigh · 2,134 students
- Piedmont Hills HighHigh · 1,918 students
- Leigh HighHigh · 1,884 students
Other Dartmouth Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Dartmouth Middle. Dartmouth Middle is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Dartmouth MiddleHemet, CA · 1,113 students
- Dartmouth MiddleNorth Dartmouth, MA · 801 students
Nearby schools
- Lietz Elementary0.4 mi · 501
- Guadalupe Elementary0.8 mi · 537
- Noddin Elementary0.9 mi · 500
- Pioneer High1.0 mi · 1,393
- Branham High1.0 mi · 1,820
- Almaden Elementary1.1 mi · 305
Frequently asked questions
About Dartmouth MiddleHow large is Dartmouth Middle?
Dartmouth Middle enrolls approximately 903 students in grades 06-08.
Is Dartmouth Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Dartmouth Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Dartmouth Middle have?
Dartmouth Middle employs 42 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Dartmouth Middle?
Student demographics at Dartmouth Middle are roughly 31% White, 23% Hispanic, 1% Black, 36% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Dartmouth Middle in?
Dartmouth Middle is part of Union Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.