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What's the most underrated thing about David G. Millen Law and Government Magnet Academy that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
952
Middle
DISTRICT 856 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALMDALE ELEMENTARY·NCES 062958013052
David G. Millen Law and Government Magnet Academy
39221 22nd St. West, Palmdale, CA 93551 · (661) 947-3075 · Los Angeles County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL952 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 3% of California public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-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
22.8:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.3:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
717 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 | 286 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 305 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 361 | 38% |
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 37% · 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
25.4%
CA avg 49.1% . -6.6pp since 2014
Math
11.9%
CA avg 37.7% . -5.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 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 7 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 | 5.9% | 19.5% | 24.2% | 50.4% |
| Math | 3.9% | 8.1% | 19.3% | 68.8% |
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 | 25.4% | 11.9% |
| 2023-24 | 26.4% | 10.0% |
| 2022-23 | 27.8% | 9.9% |
| 2021-22 | 33.4% | 12.5% |
| 2018-19 | 31.5% | 14.6% |
| 2017-18 | 32.1% | 17.5% |
| 2016-17 | 29.1% | 14.8% |
| 2015-16 | 31.0% | 14.0% |
| 2014-15 | 32.0% | 17.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
18.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 35% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 G. Millen Law and Government Magnet Academy
David G. Millen Law and Government Magnet Academy's state test result (18.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| David G. Millen Law and Government Magnet Academy this school | 952 | 75.3% | 18.4% |
| Larrea Middle Victorville | 769 | 77.6% | 20.4% |
| Columbia Middle Adelanto | 754 | 71.4% | 9.3% |
| Vista Verde Middle Moreno Valley | 900 | 82.8% | 29.4% |
| Rancho Cucamonga Middle Rancho Cucamonga | 770 | 82.2% | 25.6% |
| Shadow Hills Engineering and Design Magnet Academy Palmdale | 813 | 83.0% | 21.9% |
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 David G. Millen Law and Government Magnet Academy ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.4% | #1,088 of 1,224 | #234 of 248 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.9% | #1,096 of 1,227 ▲ 19 | #237 of 248 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.4% | #1,088 of 1,227 ▼ 68 | #234 of 248 ▼ 19 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.3pp | #88 of 1,214 | #9 of 247 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 952 | #243 of 1,377 | #64 of 317 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.8:1 | #942 of 1,279 | #196 of 301 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.9% | #701 of 1,278 | #112 of 301 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.3% | #640 of 1,329 | #208 of 312 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.3% | #786 of 930 | #187 of 213 |
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
952
-64 (-6%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
22.8:1
was 22.6:1
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 | 952 | 41.8 | 22.8:1 | 75% (717) |
| 2023-24 | 1,006 | 46.2 | 21.8:1 | 84% (844) |
| 2022-23 | 1,023 | 43.3 | 23.6:1 | 84% (855) |
| 2020-21 | 1,016 | 45 | 22.6:1 | 89% (907) |
| 2017-18 | 1,016 | 44.8 | 22.7:1 | 80% (814) |
| 2015-16 | 910 | 38 | 23.9:1 | 84% (760) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for David G. Millen Law and Government Magnet Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (1,016 to 952); teachers down 7% (44.8 to 41.8).
About David G. Millen Law and Government Magnet Academy
David G. Millen Law and Government Magnet Academy runs as a mid-sized middle-grades school in Palmdale, California. The school counted 952 students in 2024-25, covering grades 6 through 8. That puts enrollment 44% bigger than the 659-student average for middle schools in California.
Palmdale Elementary runs David G. Millen Law and Government Magnet Academy along with 28 other schools, enrolling 17,941 students in total.
The largest group at David G. Millen Law and Government Magnet Academy is Hispanic students, at 69%. Other groups make up 20% Black, 5% White, 3% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 48, compared with 70 nationally.
The school's 41.8 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.8:1. Middle schools in California average 20.7:1, 2.0 fewer students per teacher than here. Income data for the school show 75% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
David G. Millen Law and Government Magnet Academy holds an F allk12 Grade, placing it above 3% of California public middle schools.
David G. Millen Law and Government Magnet Academy ranks in the bottom 10% of California schools after adjusting test results for student poverty. Actual: 18.4%. Predicted: 35.4%. Difference: 17.0 points.
In the surrounding county, Los Angeles County, median household income comes to about $90,112, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The county has 2,244 public schools and about 1,265,907 students.
Highland High is the nearest public school to David G. Millen Law and Government Magnet Academy, about 0.4 miles away. David G. Millen Law and Government Magnet Academy is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The school's 18.4% average proficiency ranks 6th among 7 nearby schools.
In the federal locale system, David G. Millen Law and Government Magnet Academy is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 952, compared with 1,016 in 2020-21.
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Los Angeles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,808,667
Census ACS
Median income
$90,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2,244
1,265,907 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Palmdale Elementary
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- Cactus Medical Health and Technology Magnet AcademyMiddle · 822 students
- Shadow Hills Engineering and Design Magnet AcademyMiddle · 813 students
Other schools in Palmdale
- Highland HighHigh · 2,706 students
- William J. (Pete) Knight HighHigh · 2,349 students
- Palmdale Aerospace AcademyCombined · 2,259 students
- Palmdale HighHigh · 2,208 students
- Hillview MiddleMiddle · 1,100 students
- Antelope Valley Learning AcademyCombined · 1,059 students
Nearby schools
- Highland High0.4 mi · 2,706
- Cottonwood Elementary0.6 mi · 652
- Summerwind Elementary0.8 mi · 569
- Palmdale Discovery Center0.9 mi · 246
- Dos Caminos Dual Immersion1.0 mi · 945
- Ocotillo Elementary1.1 mi · 588
Frequently asked questions
About David G. Millen Law and Government Magnet AcademyHow many students attend David G. Millen Law and Government Magnet Academy?
David G. Millen Law and Government Magnet Academy enrolls approximately 952 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does David G. Millen Law and Government Magnet Academy serve?
David G. Millen Law and Government Magnet Academy serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at David G. Millen Law and Government Magnet Academy?
Approximately 22.8:1 students per teacher at David G. Millen Law and Government Magnet Academy.
How diverse is David G. Millen Law and Government Magnet Academy?
David G. Millen Law and Government Magnet Academy reports a student body of 5% White, 69% Hispanic, 20% Black, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees David G. Millen Law and Government Magnet Academy?
David G. Millen Law and Government Magnet Academy is overseen by Palmdale Elementary in Los Angeles County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.