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Douglass Middle
Test scores
CAASPP 2023-24 . % met or exceeded standardWhat this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 47 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 15 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 5 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Douglass Middle
Douglass Middle is one of the average-sized junior highs in Woodland, California, one of the schools within Woodland Joint Unified, with 768 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 8.
Woodland Joint Unified comprises 17 schools with combined enrollment of 9,304 students; Douglass Middle is among them.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Douglass Middle reports that 70% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest looks like 16% White, 8% Asian, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 33% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.
On the resource side, On paper, Douglass Middle has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 20.7:1 average. Around 74% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Yolo County's rate of about 59%.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Douglass Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.6%; this one delivers 35.0%.
Around the school, Yolo County reports that median household income runs about $91,752, roughly 45% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Yolo County's 67 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,820 students), Douglass Middle is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is Gibson Elementary, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Douglass Middle at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 27.6%.
The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 9%: 845 students in 2018 compared to 768 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 22% to 16% across the same window.
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