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Enrollment
1,218
Middle
DISTRICT 903 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CORONA-NORCO UNIFIED·NCES 060985011247
El Cerrito Middle
7610 El Cerrito Rd., Corona, CA 92881 · (951) 736-3216 · Riverside County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,218 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 85% of California public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
26.6:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.2:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
762 students
DISTRICT 73% · 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 | 72 | 6% |
| Grade 7 | 589 | 48% |
| Grade 8 | 557 | 46% |
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
65.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +8.3pp since 2014
Math
46.4%
CA avg 37.7% . +4.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 8 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 28.9% | 36.4% | 18.3% | 16.4% |
| Math | 26.7% | 19.7% | 23.6% | 30.0% |
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 | 65.3% | 46.4% |
| 2023-24 | 60.7% | 43.8% |
| 2022-23 | 59.4% | 38.5% |
| 2021-22 | 66.0% | 46.3% |
| 2018-19 | 65.6% | 47.7% |
| 2017-18 | 65.8% | 49.1% |
| 2016-17 | 65.9% | 51.8% |
| 2015-16 | 62.0% | 46.0% |
| 2014-15 | 57.0% | 42.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
60.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 43% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in California's top 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 El Cerrito Middle
El Cerrito Middle's state test result (60.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Cerrito Middle this school | 1,218 | 62.6% | 60.3% |
| Earl Warren Junior High Bakersfield | 965 | 59.4% | 53.9% |
| Cope Middle Redlands | 1,191 | 63.3% | 40.9% |
| Shivela Middle Murrieta | 1,282 | 66.1% | 48.2% |
| Citrus Hills Intermediate Corona | 919 | 64.9% | 44.7% |
| Walter Reed Middle North Hollywood | 1,580 | 57.5% | 58.5% |
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 El Cerrito Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Riverside County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.3% | #215 of 1,224 | #3 of 78 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.4% | #320 of 1,227 ▲ 14 | #10 of 78 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.3% | #251 of 1,227 ▲ 34 | #6 of 78 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.3pp | #345 of 1,214 | #19 of 77 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,218 | #65 of 1,377 | #10 of 79 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 26.6:1 | #1,234 of 1,279 | #72 of 78 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.5% | #97 of 1,278 | #4 of 77 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.6% | #808 of 1,329 | #63 of 78 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.2% | #142 of 257 | #7 of 15 |
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
1,218
+211 (+21%) vs 2020
+16% since 2010-11, when it was 1,047
Student : Teacher
26.6:1
was 27.2:1
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 | 1,218 | 45.9 | 26.6:1 | 63% (762) |
| 2023-24 | 1,181 | 44.2 | 26.7:1 | 62% (733) |
| 2022-23 | 1,188 | 44.5 | 26.7:1 | 61% (730) |
| 2020-21 | 1,007 | 37 | 27.2:1 | 32% (320) |
| 2017-18 | 1,158 | 47 | 24.6:1 | 33% (378) |
| 2015-16 | 1,309 | 48 | 27.3:1 | 29% (386) |
| 2010-11 | 1,047 | N/A | N/A | 38% (399) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for El Cerrito Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (1,158 to 1,218); teachers down 2% (47 to 45.9).
About El Cerrito Middle
Corona, California, is home to El Cerrito Middle, a large middle school. The school runs grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 1,218 students. Middle schools in California have about 659 students on average; enrollment here is 85% higher.
District-wide, Corona-Norco Unified has 51 schools and 49,370 students.
Hispanic students make up 41% of enrollment at El Cerrito Middle, the largest share of any group. The remaining shares are 28% White, 17% Asian, 8% Black, and 5% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Riverside County's population at about 51%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 71, compared with 70 nationally.
Teacher count: 45.9 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 26.6:1. Across middle schools in California, the average ratio is 20.7:1. Roughly 63% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Riverside County is 74%.
Among California public middle schools, El Cerrito Middle outscored 85%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, El Cerrito Middle ranks in the top 10% in California. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 60.3%, against a prediction of 42.9%.
In the wider Riverside County area, median household income comes to about $93,074, roughly 26% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Riverside County counts 543 public schools with about 424,872 students.
About 1.2 miles separate El Cerrito Middle from the closest public school, Santiago High. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 51.1% on proficiency, and El Cerrito Middle is above that at 60.3%.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
The school grew from 1,007 students in 2020-21 to 1,218 in 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to El Cerrito Middle can post about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Riverside County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,478,600
Census ACS
Median income
$93,074
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
543
424,872 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Corona-Norco Unified
- Eleanor Roosevelt HighHigh · 4,353 students
- Santiago HighHigh · 3,577 students
- Centennial HighHigh · 2,712 students
- Corona HighHigh · 2,307 students
- Norco HighHigh · 2,032 students
- Dr. Augustine Ramirez IntermediateMiddle · 1,228 students
Other schools in Corona
- Santiago HighHigh · 3,577 students
- Centennial HighHigh · 2,712 students
- Corona HighHigh · 2,307 students
- Scale Leadership Academy - EastCombined · 1,261 students
- Cesar Chavez AcademyElementary · 1,024 students
- Dr. Bernice Jameson Todd ElementaryElementary · 1,018 students
Nearby schools
- Santiago High1.2 mi · 3,577
- Orange Elementary1.3 mi · 746
- Susan B. Anthony Elementary1.4 mi · 822
- Scale Leadership Academy - East1.5 mi · 1,261
- Woodrow Wilson Elementary1.7 mi · 696
- Centennial High2.0 mi · 2,712
Frequently asked questions
About El Cerrito MiddleHow large is El Cerrito Middle?
El Cerrito Middle enrolls approximately 1,218 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does El Cerrito Middle serve?
El Cerrito Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does El Cerrito Middle have?
El Cerrito Middle employs 46 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 26.6:1.
How diverse is El Cerrito Middle?
El Cerrito Middle reports a student body of 28% White, 41% Hispanic, 8% Black, 17% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees El Cerrito Middle?
El Cerrito Middle is overseen by Corona-Norco Unified in Riverside County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.