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What do you wish you knew before starting at E. A. Hall Middle?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
491
Middle
DISTRICT 506 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PAJARO VALLEY UNIFIED·NCES 062949004540
E. A. Hall Middle
201 Brewington Ave., Watsonville, CA 95076 · (831) 728-6270 · Santa Cruz County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL491 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 0% of California public middle schools
- FTest 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.
- DThree-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
21.8:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.5:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
478 students
DISTRICT 81% · 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 | 142 | 29% |
| Grade 7 | 167 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 182 | 37% |
Student demographics
5%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 27% · 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
9.4%
CA avg 49.1% . -7.6pp since 2014
Math
3.3%
CA avg 37.7% . -7.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 9 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 3 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 8 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 0.9% | 8.5% | 20.5% | 70.1% |
| Math | 1.1% | 2.2% | 14.3% | 82.5% |
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 | 9.4% | 3.3% |
| 2023-24 | 8.7% | 4.2% |
| 2022-23 | 10.1% | 3.9% |
| 2021-22 | 15.6% | 4.5% |
| 2018-19 | 16.1% | 6.3% |
| 2017-18 | 14.8% | 7.0% |
| 2016-17 | 14.7% | 7.3% |
| 2015-16 | 13.0% | 9.0% |
| 2014-15 | 17.0% | 11.0% |
% 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
6.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 6% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 23% 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 E. A. Hall Middle
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| E. A. Hall Middle this school | 491 | 97.4% | 6.4% |
| Synergy Kinetic Academy Los Angeles | 481 | 97.1% | N/A |
| San Fernando Middle San Fernando | 442 | 95.7% | 21.0% |
| Valadez Middle School Academy Placentia | 527 | 95.8% | 25.8% |
| Animo Florence-Firestone Charter Middle Los Angeles | 437 | 97.3% | N/A |
| Aspire Centennial College Preparatory Academy Huntington Park | 527 | 99.1% | N/A |
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 E. A. Hall Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Cruz County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 6.4% | #1,220 of 1,224 | #12 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 3.3% | #1,222 of 1,227 ▼ 9 | #12 of 12 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 9.4% | #1,222 of 1,227 ▲ 1 | #12 of 12 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.7pp | #120 of 1,214 | #2 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 491 | #934 of 1,377 | #6 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.8:1 | #772 of 1,279 | #9 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 5.2% | #1,227 of 1,278 | #10 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.4% | #33 of 1,329 | #1 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.2% | #203 of 930 | #4 of 12 |
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
491
-145 (-23%) vs 2020
-52% since 1990-91, when it was 1,023
Student : Teacher
21.8:1
was 22.7:1
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 | 491 | 22.5 | 21.8:1 | 97% (478) |
| 2023-24 | 556 | 24.2 | 23.0:1 | 96% (535) |
| 2022-23 | 608 | 25.6 | 23.8:1 | 95% (576) |
| 2020-21 | 636 | 28 | 22.7:1 | 94% (601) |
| 2017-18 | 656 | 23.8 | 27.6:1 | 91% (595) |
| 2015-16 | 664 | 25 | 26.6:1 | 93% (618) |
| 2010-11 | 570 | N/A | N/A | 86% (489) |
| 2000-01 | 896 | 45 | 19.9:1 | 66% (591) |
| 1990-91 | 1,023 | 44 | 23.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for E. A. Hall Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (656 to 491); teachers down 5% (23.8 to 22.5).
About E. A. Hall Middle
E. A. Hall Middle is a low-enrollment middle school with an address in Watsonville, California. School enrollment was 491 students in 2024-25, in grades 6 through 8. For comparison, middle schools in California average about 659 students.
Within Pajaro Valley Unified, E. A. Hall Middle is one of 33 schools. The district enrolls 16,482 students.
About 97% of the student body at E. A. Hall Middle is Hispanic. That compares with about 35% Hispanic among all Santa Cruz County residents. The school's diversity index is 5%, meaning two students picked at random have a 5% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal data list 22.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at E. A. Hall Middle in 2024-25, for a ratio of 21.8:1. That is 1.1 students per teacher above the 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 97%. That is higher than the 52% average for public schools in Santa Cruz County.
allk12 grades E. A. Hall Middle an F. The grade compares the school only with California public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, E. A. Hall Middle is among the bottom 10% of schools in California. Predicted: 22.5%. Actual: 6.4%.
Within Santa Cruz County, the median household income is $111,093, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 44%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Besides E. A. Hall Middle, Santa Cruz County has 82 other public schools.
The school nearest to E. A. Hall Middle is Mintie White Elementary, at a distance of less than a tenth of a mile. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Among the 7 closest schools with test data, this one included, E. A. Hall Middle ranks 7th on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, E. A. Hall Middle is coded City: Small, for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Over 4 years, E. A. Hall Middle's enrollment dropped 23%, to 491.
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Santa Cruz County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
264,926
Census ACS
Median income
$111,093
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
44%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
83
36,316 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Pajaro Valley Unified
- Watsonville HighHigh · 2,215 students
- Pajaro Valley HighHigh · 1,293 students
- Aptos HighHigh · 1,274 students
- Alianza CharterElementary · 626 students
- Rolling Hills MiddleMiddle · 588 students
- Aptos Junior HighMiddle · 587 students
Other schools in Watsonville
- Watsonville HighHigh · 2,215 students
- Pajaro Valley HighHigh · 1,293 students
- Alianza CharterElementary · 626 students
- Rolling Hills MiddleMiddle · 588 students
- Cesar E. Chavez MiddleMiddle · 548 students
- Bradley ElementaryElementary · 520 students
Nearby schools
- Mintie White Elementary0.1 mi · 493
- Watsonville High0.4 mi · 2,215
- PVUSD Virtual Academy0.4 mi · 43
- T. S. MacQuiddy Elementary0.5 mi · 438
- Linscott Charter0.6 mi · 258
- Ann Soldo Elementary0.6 mi · 377
Frequently asked questions
About E. A. Hall MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at E. A. Hall Middle?
E. A. Hall Middle enrolls approximately 491 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does E. A. Hall Middle serve?
E. A. Hall Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at E. A. Hall Middle?
Approximately 21.8:1 students per teacher at E. A. Hall Middle.
What is the student diversity at E. A. Hall Middle?
Student demographics at E. A. Hall Middle are roughly 1% White, 97% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian.
Is E. A. Hall Middle public or private?
E. A. Hall Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Pajaro Valley Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.