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Enrollment
1,030
Middle
DISTRICT 989 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAKE ELSINORE UNIFIED·NCES 060002705011
David A. Brown Middle
21861 Grand Ave., Wildomar, CA 92595 · (951) 253-7430 · Riverside County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,030 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 30% of California public middle schools
- CTest 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
24.9:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.0:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
813 students
DISTRICT 77% · 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 | 328 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 336 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 366 | 36% |
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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
37.5%
CA avg 49.1% . -1.5pp since 2014
Math
17.3%
CA avg 37.7% . -1.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 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 1 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 9.8% | 27.7% | 27.8% | 34.7% |
| Math | 6.2% | 11.1% | 28.4% | 54.3% |
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 | 37.5% | 17.3% |
| 2023-24 | 38.6% | 16.1% |
| 2022-23 | 37.0% | 16.7% |
| 2021-22 | 33.8% | 17.0% |
| 2020-21 | 50.9% | 20.0% |
| 2018-19 | 38.7% | 20.4% |
| 2017-18 | 43.4% | 21.6% |
| 2016-17 | 40.6% | 23.0% |
| 2015-16 | 43.0% | 23.0% |
| 2014-15 | 39.0% | 19.0% |
% 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
27.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% 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 David A. Brown Middle
David A. Brown Middle's state test result (27.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| David A. Brown Middle this school | 1,030 | 78.9% | 27.3% |
| Ranchero Middle Hesperia | 1,140 | 80.5% | 15.7% |
| Patrick Henry Middle Granada Hills | 1,053 | 76.2% | 41.5% |
| Elsinore Middle Lake Elsinore | 947 | 81.0% | 26.3% |
| Valley Oak Middle Visalia | 952 | 79.9% | 26.2% |
| Roosevelt Middle Oceanside | 866 | 77.6% | 26.4% |
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 David A. Brown Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Riverside County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.3% | #821 of 1,224 | #44 of 78 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.3% | #956 of 1,227 ▼ 35 | #54 of 78 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.5% | #781 of 1,227 ▼ 96 | #42 of 78 ▼ 10 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.0pp | #621 of 1,214 | #43 of 77 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,030 | #167 of 1,377 | #23 of 79 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.9:1 | #1,164 of 1,279 | #66 of 78 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.9% | #639 of 1,278 | #28 of 77 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.9% | #571 of 1,329 | #47 of 78 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.4% | #246 of 257 | #15 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
1,030
+81 (+9%) vs 2020
-33% since 2000-01, when it was 1,542
Student : Teacher
24.9:1
was 25.6:1
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 | 1,030 | 41.4 | 24.9:1 | 79% (813) |
| 2023-24 | 1,062 | 42.4 | 25.0:1 | 75% (798) |
| 2022-23 | 990 | 38.9 | 25.5:1 | 74% (733) |
| 2020-21 | 949 | 37 | 25.6:1 | 72% (681) |
| 2017-18 | 1,026 | 40.8 | 25.2:1 | 72% (737) |
| 2015-16 | 1,109 | 44 | 25.2:1 | 71% (783) |
| 2010-11 | 1,015 | N/A | N/A | 55% (562) |
| 2000-01 | 1,542 | 60 | 25.7:1 | 37% (570) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for David A. Brown Middle.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (1,026 to 1,030); teachers up 1% (40.8 to 41.4).
About David A. Brown Middle
David A. Brown Middle is a large middle school with its address in Wildomar, California. Enrollment totals 1,030 students across grades 6 through 8. Across middle schools in California, the average enrollment is about 659.
The 24 schools of Lake Elsinore Unified, including David A. Brown Middle, enroll 20,539 students.
Hispanic students are 67% of those enrolled at David A. Brown Middle. The remaining shares are 19% White, 5% multiracial, 4% Black, and 4% Asian. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Riverside County's population at about 51%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 51%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 24.9:1. The school has 41.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California is 4.2 students per teacher. In all, 79% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
David A. Brown Middle holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 30% of California public middle schools.
David A. Brown Middle's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 27.3% is 6.0 points below the 33.3% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In the wider Riverside County area, median household income comes to about $93,074, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Riverside County counts 543 public schools with about 424,872 students.
David A. Brown Middle is about 0.8 miles from Wildomar Elementary, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, David A. Brown Middle ranks 7th on average proficiency.
David A. Brown Middle is coded as Rural: Fringe in federal locale data.
Enrollment figures show a rise of 81 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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Riverside County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,478,600
Census ACS
Median income
$93,074
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
543
424,872 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lake Elsinore Unified
- Temescal Canyon HighHigh · 2,373 students
- Elsinore HighHigh · 1,927 students
- Lakeside HighHigh · 1,687 students
- Terra Cotta MiddleMiddle · 1,026 students
- Canyon Lake MiddleMiddle · 951 students
- Elsinore MiddleMiddle · 947 students
Other schools in Wildomar
- Elsinore HighHigh · 1,927 students
- William Collier ElementaryElementary · 707 students
- Wildomar ElementaryElementary · 620 students
- Ronald Reagan ElementaryElementary · 508 students
- Sycamore Academy of Science and Cultural ArtsElementary · 486 students
- Donald Graham ElementaryElementary · 470 students
Nearby schools
- Wildomar Elementary0.8 mi · 620
- Donald Graham Elementary1.5 mi · 470
- Sycamore Academy of Science and Cultural Arts1.7 mi · 486
- Cole Canyon Elementary2.0 mi · 1,038
- Ronald Reagan Elementary2.2 mi · 508
- William Collier Elementary2.2 mi · 707
Frequently asked questions
About David A. Brown MiddleHow many students attend David A. Brown Middle?
David A. Brown Middle enrolls approximately 1,030 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does David A. Brown Middle serve?
David A. Brown Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at David A. Brown Middle?
Approximately 24.9:1 students per teacher at David A. Brown Middle.
What is the student diversity at David A. Brown Middle?
Student demographics at David A. Brown Middle are roughly 19% White, 67% Hispanic, 4% Black, 4% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is David A. Brown Middle in?
David A. Brown Middle is part of Lake Elsinore Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.