Enrollment
298
Middle
DISTRICT 325 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DENAIR UNIFIED·NCES 061104008654
Denair Middle
3701 Lester Rd., Denair, CA 95316 · (209) 632-2510 · Stanislaus County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL298 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 23% 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.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
18.2:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
204 students
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 93 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 99 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 106 | 36% |
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
Students here typically continue to
Denair Middle→Denair High
Based on grade levels within Denair Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
37.7%
CA avg 49.1% . -1.3pp since 2014
Math
19.4%
CA avg 37.7% . -5.6pp 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 19 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 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 8.1% | 29.6% | 30.3% | 32.0% |
| Math | 3.9% | 15.5% | 25.4% | 55.3% |
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 | 37.7% | 19.4% |
| 2023-24 | 27.9% | 12.4% |
| 2022-23 | 29.8% | 13.6% |
| 2021-22 | 30.0% | 5.7% |
| 2020-21 | 25.7% | 7.3% |
| 2018-19 | 23.4% | 14.9% |
| 2017-18 | 26.0% | 8.3% |
| 2016-17 | 32.4% | 12.7% |
| 2015-16 | 33.0% | 17.0% |
| 2014-15 | 39.0% | 25.0% |
% 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
24.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 39% 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 Denair Middle
Denair Middle's state test result (24.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denair Middle this school | 298 | 68.5% | 24.3% |
| High Desert Acton | 307 | 71.3% | 23.5% |
| Waterloo Elementary Stockton | 339 | 65.2% | 37.8% |
| Healdsburg Junior High Healdsburg | 293 | 64.8% | 37.9% |
| Mountain Vista Middle Kelseyville | 405 | 70.4% | 13.6% |
| Sycamore Middle Gridley | 423 | 73.0% | 38.0% |
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 Denair Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Stanislaus County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.3% | #929 of 1,224 | #21 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.4% | #879 of 1,227 ▲ 164 | #20 of 26 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.7% | #775 of 1,227 ▲ 204 | #18 of 26 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.7pp | #56 of 1,214 | #4 of 26 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 298 | #1,196 of 1,377 | #22 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.2:1 | #234 of 1,279 | #3 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.4% | #510 of 1,278 | #7 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.5% | #740 of 1,329 | #20 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +28.4% | #23 of 257 | #1 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
298
+75 (+34%) vs 2020
-26% since 2000-01, when it was 404
Student : Teacher
18.2:1
was 18.6:1
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 | 298 | 16.4 | 18.2:1 | 68% (204) |
| 2023-24 | 284 | 14.9 | 19.1:1 | 70% (199) |
| 2022-23 | 250 | 12.4 | 20.1:1 | 57% (142) |
| 2020-21 | 223 | 12 | 18.6:1 | 64% (142) |
| 2017-18 | 232 | 5.6 | 41.2:1 | 69% (161) |
| 2015-16 | 238 | 10 | 23.8:1 | 58% (138) |
| 2010-11 | 325 | N/A | N/A | 54% (174) |
| 2000-01 | 404 | 19 | 21.3:1 | 41% (166) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Denair Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 28% (232 to 298); teachers up 191% (5.6 to 16.4).
About Denair Middle
Denair Middle is a public middle school in Denair, California. Federal data show 298 students enrolled in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 659 students for middle schools in California.
Denair Middle is a school in Denair Unified. The district has 4 schools and 1,301 students.
Federal enrollment data show Denair Middle is 54% Hispanic. Other groups make up 38% White and 5% multiracial. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 56, compared with 70 nationally.
The school had 16.4 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 18.2:1. The school's 18.2:1 compares with an average of 20.7:1 for middle schools in California. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 68%.
Among California public middle schools, Denair Middle outscored 23%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
Denair Middle is in the bottom 10% of California schools on the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure. Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 39.4%. The school's actual rate is 24.3%, 15.2 points lower.
In Stanislaus County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $81,468, about 20% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. There are 190 public schools in the county, enrolling about 106,477, Denair Middle among them.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Denair High, is about 0.1 miles. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Denair Middle is 5th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Locale: Rural: Fringe. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory close to an urban area.
The school's enrollment increased 34% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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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 Denair Unified
- Denair Elementary Charter AcademyElementary · 554 students
- Denair HighHigh · 306 students
- Denair Charter AcademyCombined · 143 students
- Denair ElementaryElementary
Other schools in Denair
- Denair Elementary Charter AcademyElementary · 554 students
- Denair HighHigh · 306 students
- Denair Charter AcademyCombined · 143 students
- Gratton CharterElementary · 111 students
- Gratton ElementaryElementary · 24 students
- Denair ElementaryElementary
Nearby schools
- Denair High0.1 mi · 306
- Denair Charter Academy0.2 mi · 143
- Denair Elementary Charter Academy0.2 mi · 554
- Dennis G. Earl Elementary2.0 mi · 817
- Marvin A. Dutcher Middle2.2 mi · 810
- Julien Elementary2.2 mi · 826
Frequently asked questions
About Denair MiddleHow many students attend Denair Middle?
Denair Middle enrolls approximately 298 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Denair Middle serve?
Denair Middle serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Denair Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Denair Middle is approximately 18.2:1 (16 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Denair Middle?
Denair Middle reports a student body of 38% White, 54% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Denair Middle?
Denair Middle is overseen by Denair Unified in Stanislaus County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.