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Enrollment
762
Middle
DISTRICT 750 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TRACY JOINT UNIFIED·NCES 060004707399
Earle E. Williams Middle
1600 Tennis Ln., Tracy, CA 95376 · (209) 830-3345 · San Joaquin County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL762 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.0:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.8:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
587 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 | 259 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 242 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 261 | 34% |
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
37.3%
CA avg 49.1% . -1.7pp since 2014
Math
27.4%
CA avg 37.7% . +1.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 37 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 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 10.9% | 26.4% | 24.8% | 37.9% |
| Math | 11.4% | 16.0% | 22.9% | 49.7% |
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 | 37.3% | 27.4% |
| 2023-24 | 32.9% | 22.1% |
| 2022-23 | 30.7% | 18.7% |
| 2021-22 | 35.4% | 18.9% |
| 2020-21 | 31.1% | 15.0% |
| 2018-19 | 37.2% | 24.9% |
| 2017-18 | 38.1% | 25.6% |
| 2016-17 | 40.8% | 26.7% |
| 2015-16 | 42.0% | 29.0% |
| 2014-15 | 39.0% | 26.0% |
% 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
30.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 Earle E. Williams Middle
Earle E. Williams Middle's state test result (30.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earle E. Williams Middle this school | 762 | 77.0% | 30.0% |
| Monte Vista Middle Tracy | 738 | 82.1% | 31.5% |
| Prescott Junior High Modesto | 746 | 74.3% | 31.2% |
| Yuba Gardens Intermediate Olivehurst | 761 | 77.5% | 21.3% |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes Middle Northridge | 870 | 75.1% | 60.0% |
| Corona Fundamental Intermediate Corona | 754 | 80.1% | 50.4% |
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 Earle E. Williams Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Joaquin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #737 of 1,224 | #10 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.4% | #657 of 1,227 ▲ 85 | #9 of 12 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.3% | #786 of 1,227 ▲ 60 | #9 of 12 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.2pp | #290 of 1,214 | #4 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 762 | #483 of 1,377 | #3 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.0:1 | #619 of 1,279 | #8 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.9% | #479 of 1,278 | #9 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.0% | #603 of 1,329 | #6 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.9% | #136 of 930 | #1 of 9 |
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
762
-161 (-17%) vs 2020
-41% since 2000-01, when it was 1,299
Student : Teacher
21.0:1
was 22.5:1
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 | 762 | 36.3 | 21.0:1 | 77% (587) |
| 2023-24 | 757 | 37.1 | 20.4:1 | 75% (567) |
| 2022-23 | 784 | 39.3 | 20.0:1 | 60% (470) |
| 2020-21 | 923 | 41 | 22.5:1 | 57% (525) |
| 2017-18 | 1,071 | 46.2 | 23.2:1 | 56% (600) |
| 2015-16 | 1,081 | 52 | 20.8:1 | 50% (543) |
| 2010-11 | 1,189 | N/A | N/A | 46% (552) |
| 2000-01 | 1,299 | 57 | 22.8:1 | 16% (207) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Earle E. Williams Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (1,071 to 762); teachers down 22% (46.2 to 36.3).
About Earle E. Williams Middle
Earle E. Williams Middle is a medium-sized middle-grades school in California, with an address in Tracy. It serves 762 students in grades 6 through 8.
Tracy Joint Unified is the local district for Earle E. Williams Middle. It runs 19 schools with 13,770 students.
Hispanic students account for 62% of enrollment at Earle E. Williams Middle. Other groups make up 16% Asian, 11% White, 6% Black, and 4% multiracial. San Joaquin County as a whole is about 43% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. The chance that two students picked at random at Earle E. Williams Middle belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 58%.
The school reports 36.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 21.0 students per teacher. Middle schools in California have a similar average ratio of 20.7:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 77%. The average for public schools in San Joaquin County is 66%.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 34.4% for Earle E. Williams Middle. The school posts 30.0%, 4.4 points below the prediction.
According to the American Community Survey, in San Joaquin County, median household income is about $92,179, roughly 23% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Earle E. Williams Middle is one of 251 public schools in San Joaquin County, which together enroll about 153,026 students.
Nearest public school: Louis J. Villalovoz Elementary, about 0.2 miles away. The five-mile area around Earle E. Williams Middle holds at least 8 other public schools. Earle E. Williams Middle's average proficiency of 30.0% compares with 35.0% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Mid-size.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 762 was 17% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 923. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 22.5:1; by 2024-25 it was 21.0:1.
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San Joaquin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
797,334
Census ACS
Median income
$92,179
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
251
153,026 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Tracy Joint Unified
- Merrill F. West HighHigh · 1,920 students
- Tracy HighHigh · 1,739 students
- John C. Kimball HighHigh · 1,587 students
- George Kelly ElementaryElementary · 929 students
- South/West Park ElementaryElementary · 806 students
- Art FreilerElementary · 772 students
Other schools in Tracy
- Merrill F. West HighHigh · 1,920 students
- Tracy HighHigh · 1,739 students
- John C. Kimball HighHigh · 1,587 students
- George Kelly ElementaryElementary · 929 students
- Corral Hollow ElementaryElementary · 806 students
- South/West Park ElementaryElementary · 806 students
Nearby schools
- Louis J. Villalovoz Elementary0.2 mi · 411
- South/West Park Elementary0.7 mi · 806
- George and Evelyn Stein Continuation0.7 mi · 121
- Duncan-Russell Community Day0.7 mi · 22
- Wanda Hirsch Elementary1.1 mi · 359
- George Kelly Elementary1.1 mi · 929
Frequently asked questions
About Earle E. Williams MiddleHow many students attend Earle E. Williams Middle?
Earle E. Williams Middle enrolls approximately 762 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Earle E. Williams Middle serve?
Earle E. Williams Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Earle E. Williams Middle?
Approximately 21.0:1 students per teacher at Earle E. Williams Middle.
How diverse is Earle E. Williams Middle?
Earle E. Williams Middle reports a student body of 11% White, 62% Hispanic, 6% Black, 16% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Earle E. Williams Middle public or private?
Earle E. Williams Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Tracy Joint Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.